RE: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] poky.conf: allow changes to DISTRO_VERSION, SDK_VERSION and MAINTAINER

[Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
> core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Mikko Rapeli
> Sent: den 22 september 2022 15:44
> To: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
> Cc: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>; openembedded-
> core@lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] poky.conf: allow changes to
> DISTRO_VERSION, SDK_VERSION and MAINTAINER
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the feedback. My product isn't a real one, it's actually
> some meta layers to be used
> by others to create real products.
> 
> The reason for using poky.conf distro is to stay as close to it as
> possible. But I still need to know
> what is the output of my builds vs. something else from poky.
> 
> If chaning these veriables from local.conf is bad practice, then I
> need to find other possibilities, like
> the custom distro config (maybe move away from kas). But the aim is to
> do as few changes to
> poky as possible.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> -Mikko
> Cheers,
> -Mikko

If all you want is for your values from your local.conf to be used, 
then you can use an override when setting the variables. In this 
case, since you want to override the values from the poky distro, 
why not use it as the override, e.g.:

DISTRO_VERSION:poky = "my-version"

//Peter