making a list of the *fundamental* variables used by image.bbclass

making a list of the *fundamental* variables used by image.bbclass

[Robert P. J. Day]

  for class purposes, i want to make a *short* list of the really
fundamental variables used to define the final content of an image as
used by image.bbclass, and i want to know if there's anything i've
missed from this list.

  first, the obvious ones:

  * IMAGE_FEATURES (image features, processed by image.bbclass)
  * IMAGE_INSTALL (names of individual packages)

as i read it, those two variables pretty much define the final content
of the image. i *don't* include things like EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES as
that variable is already processed by bitbake.conf before image
processing starts; that is, image.bbclass makes no reference to that
variable, so it's not relevant here.

  other variables that make a smaller difference but still processed
by image.bbclass:

  * ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE
  * SPLASH

  there are also all those *_PROCESS_COMMAND variables (preprocess,
postprocess), but i haven't checked yet which of those are simply
processed within image.bbclass based on the contents of
IMAGE_FEATURES, or possibly something else.

  ah, here's another one:

  * DISTRO_FEATURES

which is tested for processing of systemd/sysvinit. (for similar
reasons, MACHINE_FEATURES is not listed here as all of its processing
is done outside the file.)

  i'm still perusing the file but are there any variables i've
overlooked that are treated as *input* to image.bbclass that control
the final image content? (i'm also ignoring things like fstype-related
variables, not interested in the *format* of the final image, just the
content.)

  so what have i missed?

rday

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