[yocto] Documenting YP Development Environment in more detail - user configuration

[Burton, Ross]

On 24 June 2013 15:47, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
>
>> What I was trying to convey here is that oe-init-build-env draws on
>> some files in the meta-yocto layer.  The script oe-init-build-env is
>> in the poky repository (or refered to as "Source Directory" in the
>> documentation).  The sample files are in the meta-yocto layer.  I
>> thought the meta-yocto layer was needed... maybe I am wrong.  Can I
>> get more clarification on this?
>
>   i regularly build images without any "*yocto*"-named layer, unless
> i'm misunderstanding the issue here.

meta-yocto is what makes Poky Poky, otherwise it would be just oe-core
+ bitbake.  oe-init-build-env looks for sample files in $TEMPLATECONF,
which is one of the things that get munged as
bitbake+oe-core+meta-yocto becomes poky.

Ross