[yocto] BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY = "1" or "true"?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2013, Paul Eggleton wrote:

> On Sunday 03 November 2013 12:49:16 Khem Raj wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 3:27 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
> wrote:
> > >   (i can see it's going to be that kind of weekend.) ref manual reads:
> > >      BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY = "1"
> > >
> > > but some layers define:
> > >
> > > meta-linaro/meta-aarch64/conf/layer.conf:BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY =
> > > "true"
> > > meta-linaro/meta-linaro-toolchain/conf/layer.conf:BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARN
> > > ONLY = "true"
> > > meta-linaro/meta-linaro/conf/layer.conf:BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY =
> > > "true"
> > > poky-extras/meta-kernel-dev/conf/layer.conf:BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY
> > > ?= "true"
> > >
> > > so general question(s) -- is it understood that "1" and "true" are
> > > equivalent? should there be a standard? should the ref manual be
> > > enhanced, or should the above layers clean themselves up?
> >
> > They are all correct. Accepted values are
> >
> > "1", "yes", "true"
>
> Note - for this variable only. For consistency with other "boolean" type
> variables I'd suggest sticking to "1".

  wait ... so those three synonyms are equivalent for only that one
variable? ewwwwwwwwww ...

rday

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