From patchwork Thu Jun 18 12:34:29 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 90424 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE3BACD98F7 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:34:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.18399.1781786077773911414 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:34:38 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=FjnY6JSp; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Kl1nqx0oFomEG9CyhbLQ7llsrIeVT/xsM/bcb7r0ldE=; b=FjnY6JSpoYxkA5KbxJzsWXEMNF J5FuZgeC5irLRMQkLer1YiNwdi+UW+dZX2QWn9sXgsWySjwVv2Z2ClJc+nKmhUiXmZLOeDhnXhCgh wTYepYZ8rpfeEkbdh+hS8y9/xbsCsd3NhKkuq2/gqDlhOKzoQPRK++Vmcp5xdBzodz6pNZ6K2ITGS EjAWtLvLjwvYIe/20bEQz4CTLpD4ywvhAAtqNUyWSFLWyQdjbPOuQy7xNquWeez8xXxCCErpavab5 0DcP/a5PmWFy5ly4BIgVQYvOfoHMCjl5LD8bohi6E+WmawopqeJsgFC3Digev001iqKPCUnY5ZAsm dPZMFVHw==; Received: from pool-174-114-114-5.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.114.5]:51832 helo=trixie) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1waBx5-000000009yT-2glR for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:34:36 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:34:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH v2] ref-manual: explain default value used for SUMMARY Message-ID: <9e54454f-72b1-06e6-b271-7a14647af536@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:34:38 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9779 Explain that if you do not set a value for the SUMMARY variable in a recipe file, that will generate a warning and that variable will be set to a default value from the meta/conf/bitbake.conf file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index df3666f1c..dc11ea326 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -10350,6 +10350,10 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. :term:`DESCRIPTION` variable if :term:`DESCRIPTION` is not set in the recipe. + If you don't set this variable in your recipe file, you will be warned + about that and it will be set to a default value from the + :oecore_path:`meta/conf/bitbake.conf` file. + :term:`SVNDIR` The directory in which files checked out of a Subversion system are stored.