From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp486.redcondor.net (smtp486.redcondor.net [208.80.204.86]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BF86014F for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:06:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp486.redcondor.net ({6695537a-536a-45f9-a249-877c85428649}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20160825110620650_0486 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:06:20 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [216.191.234.70] (port=31637 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1bcsW9-0002Cr-23 for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:08:17 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:06:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@ca624034.mitel.com To: OE Core mailing list Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (LFD 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Subject: why does BBFILE_COLLECTIONS get assigned with "+="? X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:06:23 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII not sure why i never noticed this before, but why do layers *append* to BBFILE_COLLECTIONS rather than just assigning the layer name with a simple assignment? is this just to allow alternate names for the same layer? can't believe this is the first time i ever noticed this. is there an actual example where this is being used? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================