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ref-manual: Updated the DISTRO variable description

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I added a cross-reference to the "DISTRO_NAME" variable as it is
the long version of the distribution name.

(From yocto-docs rev: bb5638409faadb9c6a5fbca729e4e6b8a220433d)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2018-07-13 11:55:32 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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<para role="glossdeffirst">
<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
The short name of the distribution.
This variable corresponds to a distribution
configuration file whose root name is the same as the
variable's argument and whose filename extension is
<filename>.conf</filename>.
For information on the long name of the distribution, see
the
<link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'><filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename></link>
variable.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable corresponds to a
distribution configuration file whose root name is the
same as the variable's argument and whose filename
extension is <filename>.conf</filename>.
For example, the distribution configuration file for the
Poky distribution is named <filename>poky.conf</filename>
and resides in the
@@ -3664,9 +3671,9 @@
The value for <filename>DISTRO</filename> must not contain
spaces, and is typically all lower-case.
<note>
If the <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable is blank, a set
of default configurations are used, which are specified
within
If the <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable is blank,
a set of default configurations are used, which are
specified within
<filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename>
also in the Source Directory.
</note>