On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:54 PM, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> wrote: >> We are receiving bblayer.conf and local.conf from external supplier which >> already have layers/configuration added. Now we want to add our own >> layers/configuration by appending to these files this to avoid manual merge >> work each time a delivery from external supplier is made. >> >> Question: >> How do I append layers/configuration to bblayer.conf and local.conf? > > The best answer I can give is these files aren't really meant to be > distributed. If you have too much specific stuff in these files (particularly > local.conf) then I would say it's possible your supplier has put things in the > wrong place. > > The way it ought to work is, you add the needed layers to your bblayers.conf, > then go to your local.conf and set DISTRO and MACHINE and anything you need > for *local* configuration (e.g. local paths) and that's pretty much it. If you > have to include a whole bunch of extra lines in local.conf, those lines really > should be elsewhere (e.g. custom distro config, or the machine .conf file if > they are specific to the machine.)
Note that you can use conf/auto.conf and conf/site.conf as well, these files are parsed at the same time as conf/local.conf, so if you really cannot change local.conf, you can use the one of the other ones. -- _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto