Re: [PATCH 1/1] conf/bitbake.conf: add DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 19:26 +0000, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> When introducing new items to DISTRO_FEATURES that control functionality
> that is already enabled, in order to leave existing distro configuration
> unchanged we need a way to "backfill" these new feature items onto the
> existing DISTRO_FEATURES value.
> 
> This introduces a DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL variable whose items will be
> added to the end of DISTRO_FEATURES, unless they also appear in
> DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED which distros can use in their
> configuration to prevent specific items from being added.
> 
> Fixes [YOCTO #1946].
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  meta/conf/bitbake.conf |    3 +++
>  meta/lib/oe/utils.py   |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Merged to master, thanks.

Richard