From patchwork Wed Jun 17 11:34:42 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: 90376 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 8922DCD98F0 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:34:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.13492.1781696088924127561 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:34:49 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=B1duibHC; 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=x8JES5z/WuI9ffsBkZ61QZ5r+xVSuAJNENsHhK0CvAM=; b=B1duibHCX53X5NqUVULj3rdfj7 86kSn9CY+Qt1IP5qjfuRKQ9k0z8lRkjAC41dIbat2IU2S5H3P03pTQfP7rZm31QhpQQNoPsc7SBMj AlBS/j/tRjdKbYEanEtH7RgyIqIWHYg2sgXu79cJAg77ghYblOymtezv22ZRQhrXKp/lYRqCk8zXQ rna6syoBNVv9WMlLyRSoMQwf45ouqwNrdr4NzQIskCbXZBl478RsK6kueX9uhE4VvkJir1q+eqYCm sXouzRGW8dW6DI19LfWqVJCfQt52ZTUdnpNpuKSMDGerAv8uGZIJz32GlvSO+Bu+p8I6LaUjAR1SZ IjAg8UcA==; Received: from pool-174-114-114-5.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.114.5]:44726 helo=trixie) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1wZoXe-00000009MiB-0dLx for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:34:47 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:34:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: explain default value used for SUMMARY metadata Message-ID: 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 ; Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:34:58 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9772 Explain that if you don't set a value for the SUMMARY variable in a recipe, it will get this default value from bitbake.conf: SUMMARY ?= "${PN} version ${PV}-${PR}" Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index df3666f1c..bb142dc4b 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -10350,6 +10350,11 @@ 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, it will contain + the default value as set in the ``bitbake.conf`` file:: + + SUMMARY ?= "${PN} version ${PV}-${PR}" + :term:`SVNDIR` The directory in which files checked out of a Subversion system are stored.