From patchwork Tue Sep 15 14:00:43 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: 98320 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 64779C88E53 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:03:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.23859.1789480975139379154 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:02:55 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=c70fbcLy; 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-Unsubscribe-Post:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=TWUoObtZSor7msmRePmDLa0L9Nt+6spoEnb4a1fMrNs=; b=c70fbcLyiJ1s11+CTNz/p8+sPT /iX+Roj8YqT5nGYcEI6xK5aQdzGDoOhbTxQ3myACvgWFj8u5MEdZ7LGrPY8R/Uw9iQx6QBkBP+JkC JvjVo8s6tBQ9of6ONGjiwT9Y61SiXIboyrds3m23wIVffxZcKLCRKMcu8JXrJFSXYMkO/UefiPj8z NebHSkXSNntlKIEw/c9sLKTvxxate7VNQ+ST+82lw3XuzJejR9ydVwGc4eQ8Kv4VeWBBEwMivHlLM aGDRphiLHFCGltznx5HeYOB4fglIRWPyr39cJmQMvWuEOZBzYGYwrXboMBrhLspeOk6uliUuaTHHO edn456wA==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:44764 helo=sheena) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.100) (envelope-from ) id 1x6TkL-0000000Dj32-0Pb9 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:02:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:43 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: correct OVERRIDES to FILESOVERRIDES for FILESPATH 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 ; Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:03:05 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/10514 It's "FILESOVERRIDES" that defines how OE uses FILESPATH, not "OVERRIDES". Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst index 49dc7a6e9..9fa255907 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/layers.rst @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ important as it ensures that items in the list remain colon-separated. append file would not even use the :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS` statement. The end result of this ``.bbappend`` file is that on a Raspberry Pi, where -``rpi`` will exist in the list of :term:`OVERRIDES`, the file +``rpi`` will exist in the list of :term:`FILESOVERRIDES`, the file ``meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/formfactor/formfactor/rpi/machconfig`` will be used during :ref:`ref-tasks-fetch` and the test for a non-zero file size in :ref:`ref-tasks-install` will return true, and the file will be installed. @@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ file is in the layer at ``recipes-graphics/xorg-xserver``:: Building off of the previous example, we once again are setting the :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS` variable. In this case we are also using :term:`SRC_URI` to list additional source files to use when ``rpi`` is found in -the list of :term:`OVERRIDES`. The :ref:`ref-tasks-install` task will then perform a +the list of :term:`FILESOVERRIDES`. The :ref:`ref-tasks-install` task will then perform a check for an additional :term:`MACHINE_FEATURES` that if set will cause these additional files to be installed. These additional files are listed in :term:`FILES` so that they will be packaged.