From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpanel7.indieserve.net (cpanel7.indieserve.net [199.212.143.8]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.18136.1585158336739646908 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:45:37 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.8, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.sdns.net.rogers.com ([174.114.100.179]:40516 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel7.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jHA5v-00E3Ug-1q for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:45:35 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:45:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "rpjday@crashcourse.ca" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: YP docs mailing list Subject: bitbake variable glossary versus YP (ref manual) variable glossary? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel7.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: cpanel7.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel7.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII was puzzled over a lack of some important BB_* variables in the ref manual variable glossary, until i remembered the bitbake user manual, where i can find them, but there is an inconsistency between the two manuals in that *some* of the BB_* variables are listed in the ref manual variable glossary (eg., BB_NUMBER_THREADS) but not others (eg., BB_NO_NETWORK), which could lead to some confusion. even weirder, some are in the ref manual while *not* in the bitbake user manual variable glossary (eg., BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT). is there some sort of pattern as to which variables go in which variable glossary? as it is, it's definitely inconsistent, requiring one to bounce back and forth for a complete coverage. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================