Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook - Second Edition

How it works...

When adding content to a new software layer, we need to keep in mind that our layer needs to play well with other layers in the Yocto project. To this end, when customizing recipes, we will always use append files, and will only override existing recipes if we are completely sure there is no way to add the customization required through an append file.

To help us manage the content across several layers, we can use the following bitbake-layers command-line utilities:

• $ bitbake-layers show-layers: This will display the configured layers as BitBake sees them. It is helpful to detect errors on your conf/bblayer.conf file.
• $ bitbake-layers show-recipes: This command will display all the available recipes and the layers that provide ...