From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpanel8.indieserve.net (cpanel8.indieserve.net [199.212.143.3]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.7304.1617965635082933936 for ; Fri, 09 Apr 2021 03:53:55 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.3, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.sdns.net.rogers.com ([174.114.107.13]:34944 helo=fedora) by cpanel8.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1lUolt-00BLPQ-47 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Fri, 09 Apr 2021 06:53:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 06:53:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: what is the purpose of conf/distro/ dir with no distro definitions? Message-ID: <4aedf060-309f-3e6e-c894-45b7481d56f2@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel8.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel8.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel8.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-2144299496-1617965633=:10854" --8323328-2144299496-1617965633=:10854 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT in current ref manual: http://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/structure.html#meta-conf-distro the definition of meta/conf/distro opens with: "The contents of this directory controls any distribution-specific configurations..." fair enough, but what is the interpretation of a layer distro/ directory that does not define any actual distros? example: meta-virtualization layer hierarchy contains: . distro include k8s-versions.inc meta-virt-default-versions.inc meta-virt-xen.inc virt_security_flags.inc layer.conf so, sure, those .inc files can be useful, but that layer does not contain any actual meta-virt-related .conf files, so are those files really "distribution-specific configurations"? is there a better way to word that? rday --8323328-2144299496-1617965633=:10854--