[Toaster] 7414 example for layer 'meta', is it really a layer?

[Lerner, Dave]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barros Pena, Belen [mailto:belen.barros.pena at intel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:08 AM
> To: Lerner, Dave; DAMIAN, ALEXANDRU
> Cc: toaster at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: 7414 example for layer 'meta', is it really a layer?
> 
> 
> On 11/03/2015 22:07, "Lerner, Dave" <dave.lerner at windriver.com> wrote:
> 
> >The 7414 bug states:
> >"
> >For example, instead of
> >  /home/user/_poky_master.toaster_cloned/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> >only
> >  meta/conf/bitbake.conf
> >"
> >
> >So for example for a 'Yocto Project master' project selection with 5
> >layers
> >* the 3 default: oe-embedded, meta-yocto, meta-yocto-bsp
> >* and two added: meta-oe and meta-games,
> >then for variable "COMBINED_FEATURES", the path is exactly as in your
> >example, but there is no layer named 'meta' is not in the layer table.
> >
> >Is 'meta' a layer that is 'built-in'?
> 
> Meta is pretty much openembedded-core. I've asked Paul Eggleton why the
> openembedded-core layer is called 'meta' inside the poky repository, and
> it is one of those "historical" things. Not much we can do about it at the
> moment, I'm afraid.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Belén

I fixed this by adding 'meta' to the end of the list of project-specific layers names. 'meta' becomes a 'built-in' layer and is only used as a match candidate if none of the project-specific layer names match.  It looks good.  Working on the review-request for AM UTC-6:00.

Dave


> 
> >
> >I'm using a string matching algorithm on the directory name to locate the
> >layer in a local path string, layer name length >=4, matching either '/'
> >+ layer name or '/_' + layer name, with the layer names sorted descending
> >so that longest layer names match first.
> >
> >Dave
>