Re: Ångström versions?

[Graeme Gregory <dp@xora.org.uk>]

On 09/02/2011 09:23, Steffen Sledz wrote:
> Am 09.02.2011 10:10, schrieb Graeme Gregory:
>> On 09/02/2011 07:52, Steffen Sledz wrote:
>>> Am 04.02.2011 12:51, schrieb Steffen Sledz:
>>>> I'm a bit confused about the Angstrom versions.
>>>>
>>>> Setting in local.conf is
>>>>
>>>>   DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1"
>>>>
>>>> but bitbake reports
>>>>
>>>>   Build Configuration:
>>>>   BB_VERSION        = "1.10.2"
>>>>   METADATA_BRANCH   = "testing-next"
>>>>   METADATA_REVISION = "3a7b93a"
>>>>   TARGET_ARCH       = "arm"
>>>>   TARGET_OS         = "linux-gnueabi"
>>>>   MACHINE           = "hipox"
>>>>   DISTRO            = "angstrom"
>>>>   DISTRO_VERSION    = "2010.7-test-20110204"
>>>>   TARGET_FPU        = "soft"
>>>>
>>>> Is this intented?
>>>>
>>>> BTW: Which is the suggested/released Ångström version? http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/ seems to be not very helpful here. e.g. the FAQ link results in an PAGE NOT FOUND. :(
>> 2008.1 is the "stable" version of Angstrom which has all the benefit of
>> our extensive toolchain testing.
>>
>> 2010.x is angstrom-next and is the in progress version moving to gcc 4.5
>> blah blah blah.
> OK, but why bitbake reports DISTRO_VERSION = "2010.7-test-20110204" if it is set to DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1" ???
>
Because thats the actual version of the DISTRO produced.

We discovered if we rename the file people dont read emails or error
messages and waste a week debugging non issues so we stopped renaming
the file.

Graeme