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The short name of the distribution.
- This variable corresponds to a distribution
- configuration file whose root name is the same as the
- variable's argument and whose filename extension is
- <filename>.conf</filename>.
+ For information on the long name of the distribution, see
+ the
+ <link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'><filename>DISTRO_NAME</filename></link>
+ variable.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable corresponds to a
+ distribution configuration file whose root name is the
+ same as the variable's argument and whose filename
+ extension is <filename>.conf</filename>.
For example, the distribution configuration file for the
Poky distribution is named <filename>poky.conf</filename>
and resides in the
The value for <filename>DISTRO</filename> must not contain
spaces, and is typically all lower-case.
<note>
- If the <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable is blank, a set
- of default configurations are used, which are specified
- within
+ If the <filename>DISTRO</filename> variable is blank,
+ a set of default configurations are used, which are
+ specified within
<filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename>
also in the Source Directory.
</note>