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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-11-21 17:15:07 -0800 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-12-03 12:53:18 +0000 |
commit | 9a8d0ea021714e61c054d9aeaa6b6a6a0c617906 (patch) | |
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ref-manual: Updated the intro text to "Distro Features" section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 38a35921be904bfa1e20160f6548aacefbc5f144)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml index 1874021..cf2691a 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-features.xml @@ -99,13 +99,24 @@ <para> The items below are features you can use with - <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link>. - Features do not have a one-to-one correspondence to packages, and they can - go beyond simply controlling the installation of a package or packages. - Sometimes a feature can influence how certain recipes are built. - For example, a feature might determine whether a particular configure option - is specified within <filename>do_configure</filename> for a particular - recipe. + <link linkend='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><filename>DISTRO_FEATURES</filename></link> + to enable features across your distribution. + Features do not have a one-to-one correspondence to packages, + and they can go beyond simply controlling the installation of a + package or packages. + In most cases, the presence or absence of a feature translates to + the appropriate option supplied to the configure script during + <filename>do_configure</filename> for the recipes that optionally + support the feature. + </para> + + <para> + Some distro features are also machine features. + This select list of features makes sense to be controlled both at + the machine and distribution configuration level. + See the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-COMBINED_FEATURES'><filename>COMBINED_FEATURES</filename></ulink> + variable for more information. </para> <para> |