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From: Denys Dmytriyenko <denys@ti.com>
To: matti kaasinen <matti.kaasinen@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 12:08:36PM +0300, matti kaasinen wrote:
> Hi!
> Do anyone know how to overriding variables set in arago.conf using
> layer.conf or local.conf settings (or anything else that touching Arago
> layer). I try to set something else on my own layer
> (PREFERRED_VERSION_u-boot). I have tried changing layer orders in
> bblayers.conf and priority in layer.conf. In fact if I got it right from
> Yocto documentation distro.conf is just parsed first and that is what rules.

Actually, it's Distro's job to set preferences, hence it usually sets things 
unconditionally. That's why it's not very easy to override. But it's possible. 
Just use _forcevariable override, e.g. VAR_forcevariable = VAL.

-- 
Denys