[yocto] Where do image names come from?

[Khem Raj]

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Paul D. DeRocco <pderocco at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Where does the base name of the image files in build/tmp/deploy/images come
> from? More to the point, if I create my own image recipe in my own layer,
> what control do I have over the name of the resulting image files? I'd like
> to be able to create more than one variant, and not have to remember which
> is which based on the build times appended to the file names.

IMAGE_BASENAME variable is used to define name. by default its same as
PN of image recipe.

>
> A related question: section 5.2.1 of the dev-manual says I can create a
> custom image based on an existing image by copying that image recipe and
> then modifying it. Is there some reason I can't use a .bbappend for this,
> e.g., core-image-base.bbappend?

you can but then its a different image. You dont have to copy you can
also include the existing image recipe
in your recipe and add customizations.

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