@@ -2200,6 +2200,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
is included in the default value of
:term:`OVERRIDES`.
+ Here is an example from :yocto_git:`meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+ </poky/tree/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf>`::
+
+ DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:poky-tiny"
+
:term:`DL_DIR`
The central download directory used by the build process to store
downloads. By default, :term:`DL_DIR` gets files suitable for mirroring
@@ -2756,12 +2761,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
FILES_SOLIBSDEV ?= "${base_libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}"
:term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS`
- Extends the search path the OpenEmbedded build system uses when
- looking for files and patches as it processes recipes and append
- files. The default directories BitBake uses when it processes recipes
- are initially defined by the :term:`FILESPATH`
- variable. You can extend :term:`FILESPATH` variable by using
- :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS`.
+ A colon separated list to extend the search path the OpenEmbedded build
+ system uses when looking for files and patches as it processes recipes
+ and append files. The default directories BitBake uses when it processes
+ recipes are initially defined by the :term:`FILESPATH` variable. You can
+ extend :term:`FILESPATH` variable by using :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS`.
Best practices dictate that you accomplish this by using
:term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS` from within a ``.bbappend`` file and that you
@@ -2822,12 +2826,12 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
recipe to correctly extend the path.
:term:`FILESOVERRIDES`
- A subset of :term:`OVERRIDES` used by the OpenEmbedded build system for
- creating :term:`FILESPATH`. The :term:`FILESOVERRIDES` variable uses
- overrides to automatically extend the :term:`FILESPATH` variable. For an
- example of how that works, see the :term:`FILESPATH` variable
- description. Additionally, you find more information on how overrides
- are handled in the
+ A colon-separated list to specify a subset of :term:`OVERRIDES` used by
+ the OpenEmbedded build system for creating :term:`FILESPATH`. The
+ :term:`FILESOVERRIDES` variable uses overrides to automatically extend
+ the :term:`FILESPATH` variable. For an example of how that works, see the
+ :term:`FILESPATH` variable description. Additionally, you find more
+ information on how overrides are handled in the
":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:conditional syntax (overrides)`"
section of the BitBake User Manual.
@@ -2842,8 +2846,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
build system.
:term:`FILESPATH`
- The default set of directories the OpenEmbedded build system uses
- when searching for patches and files.
+ A colon-separated list specifying the default set of directories the
+ OpenEmbedded build system uses when searching for patches and files.
During the build process, BitBake searches each directory in
:term:`FILESPATH` in the specified order when looking for files and
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> [YOCTO 15128] --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 32 +++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)