[[yocto] kernel manual: confusing coverage of FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend] On 15.02.25 (Wed 03:54) Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > minor quibble about kernel dev manual -- section 2.2.1, "creating > the append file", uses the example of: > > FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:" > > while section 2.2.3 uses: > > FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:" > > both sections kind of implying that that's the way to do it, without > making it clear that *either* way works as long as the variable > prepend matches up with the directory name. > > both ways are correct, of course, but the wording is a bit > confusing. It's probably worth changing the latter reference to match the former. Both work but with any new recipes (at least in the layers I maintain) the preference is to use the former for clarity as well as faster lookups. -J. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== -- -Joe MacDonald. :wq
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