Re: "bitbake-layers show-overlayed" doesn't match its "help" message

[Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>]

On Tuesday 24 July 2012 05:53:40 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   those two layers have the same priority, but the help suggests that
> you'll only see instances of recipes from layers that have a
> *different* priority -- not quite true.

Agreed - the intent was to try to indicate that the recipes that were 
"overlayed" were the ones "underneath" but priority is not always the only 
factor in which one is preferred. I've sent a patch to remove the "confusing" 
bit of description.

> p.s.  i'm assuming that overlaid recipes are just a bad idea anyway,
> and should be used only in unusual circumstances, yes?

Yes; much better to use a bbappend. It's difficult to avoid if you are 
introducing a newer/older version in your layer, but if it's layer intended 
for public consumption and is not a distro layer, you should still think twice 
about doing it.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre