[yocto] numerous questions about some ref manual variable glossary entries

[Robert P. J. Day]

  wasn't sure what to do about some of these so i'd appreciate some
clarification. and away we go, mostly in alphabetical order ...

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE

  that entry *really* implies you need the meta-yocto and
meta-yocto-bsp layers for a successful build, which clearly isn't true
as lots of layers work with simply oe-core. can/should that
explanation be reworded to not be quite so emphatic?

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-INITSCRIPT_NAME

  reference to ${etcdir} ... how exactly does that differ from
${sysconfdir}? i've always understood that developers should use
${sysconfdir} in their recipe files.

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-NO_RECOMMENDATIONS
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-PACKAGE_EXCLUDE

  both of those claim no support for DEB packaging, is that still
true? i still don't know enough python to check the actual code but
i'm getting there.

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-RPROVIDES

  claims that a package's own name is already implicitly provided in
its RPROVIDES list. doesn't seem that way -- it's true for PROVIDES,
but doesn't seem true for RPROVIDES. thoughts?

  i think that might be it.

rday

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