[OE-core] setting EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES explicitly in .bb file can screw things up

[Andrei Gherzan]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Paul Eggleton wrote:
>
> > On Monday 09 July 2012 11:24:27 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2012, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> > > > So IMHO the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES variable in the image should be
> > > > merged in the IMAGE_FEATURES above. I don't see the meaning of it.
> > >
> > >   yup, that was precisely the point i was making.  so given the
> > > potential for confusion, what should be the "best practise" here?
> > > based on my sketchy understanding, it seems the proper approach would
> > > be to let recipe files use IMAGE_FEATURES exclusively, while
> > > specifically reserving EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES for the developer's
> > > local.conf file, and avoid the current unpleasant mixing.
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea to me.
>
>   i'll send in a patch that does that, especially since
> local.conf.sample specifically instructs the developer to use
> EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES.   patch coming shortly.
>
>
Good.

@g
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