[yocto] layer.conf: "packages" directory

[Trevor Woerner]

Hi,

In the Yocto Project Development Manual, section 4.1.2 "Creating Your
Own Layer" it shows an example layer.conf file. In this example, right
before adding the recipes to BBFILES, appears the comment: "We have a
packages directory". The problem is, I can't find a directory named
"packages" anywhere. Is this a historical left-over? Are "packages"
and "recipes" synonymous in Yocto parlance?

Many other layer.conf files also contain this wording too:

meta/conf/layer.conf
meta-fsl-arm/conf/layer.conf
meta-hob/conf/layer.conf
meta-intel/meta-n450/conf/layer.conf
meta-intel/meta-emenlow/conf/layer.conf
meta-intel/meta-tlk/conf/layer.conf
meta-intel/conf/layer.conf
meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf
meta-xilinx/conf/layer.conf
meta-yocto/conf/layer.conf
poky-extras/meta-kernel-dev/conf/layer.conf

and probably others as well.

Best regards,
    Trevor