From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id D91FEE0076F; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:44:06 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low * trust * [192.94.38.131 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from relay1.mentorg.com (relay1.mentorg.com [192.94.38.131]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33C7CE0074C for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:44:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from svr-orw-fem-02x.mgc.mentorg.com ([147.34.96.206] helo=SVR-ORW-FEM-02.mgc.mentorg.com) by relay1.mentorg.com with esmtp id 1YQcFu-0004hp-Ko from Joe_MacDonald@mentor.com ; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:44:02 -0800 Received: from burninator (147.34.91.1) by svr-orw-fem-02.mgc.mentorg.com (147.34.96.168) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.3.224.2; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:44:02 -0800 Received: by burninator (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A340A581021; Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:44:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 08:44:06 -0500 From: Joe MacDonald To: "Robert P. J. Day" Message-ID: <20150225134406.GH8949@mentor.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-URL: http://github.com/joeythesaint/joe-s-common-environment/tree/master X-Configuration: git://github.com/joeythesaint/joe-s-common-environment.git X-Editor: Vim-704 http://www.vim.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Yocto discussion list Subject: Re: kernel manual: confusing coverage of FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:44:06 -0000 X-Groupsio-MsgNum: 23744 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ik0NlRzMGhMnxrMX" Content-Disposition: inline --ik0NlRzMGhMnxrMX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [[yocto] kernel manual: confusing coverage of FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend] On 1= 5.02.25 (Wed 03:54) Robert P. J. Day wrote: >=20 > minor quibble about kernel dev manual -- section 2.2.1, "creating > the append file", uses the example of: >=20 > FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend :=3D "${THISDIR}/${PN}:" >=20 > while section 2.2.3 uses: >=20 > FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend :=3D "${THISDIR}/files:" >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > rday >=20 > --=20 >=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca >=20 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D --=20 -Joe MacDonald. :wq --ik0NlRzMGhMnxrMX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJU7dGcAAoJEEn8ffcsOfaWQhoH/2HGfZxGnyiY0cBaCCg/79Jp EpsBlpGsWuocfq7BEeiXqRKWZ7OhH6eLvoq8exlTKArOOxP7Ynrk9etIhxXIGZhF 2htFOjf4nbiGLxAQy1a0FUWe58zvL6ka/I+7o+aagx7pL2bvGYgiyXdfSQRkjP58 aa+JMm8OhO7gXmcRT9nb9x3MHqZXKGYSSQ1zGK0n52hWIL6lDhBenkfIEXSzdBcV XMwXb9642YcDxRWuO/JEJ7zqK8ccbsgGcIyX2PcnawS78wne2V6+StdhoEI8b8gt RIHaxhNBbecMZP8nl/60wvGdmI+5XMR/If8FKHd2wCtsU0tJSaazE3C60o81PRk= =MRZt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ik0NlRzMGhMnxrMX--