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Configuration Format Changes
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Version 1 (Alias '0.10')
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Added
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- Include mechanism
- Version check
Version 2
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Changed
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- Configuration file versions are now integers
Fixed
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- Including files from repos that are not defined in the current file
Version 3
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Added
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- ``Task`` key that allows to specify which task to run (``bitbake -c``)
Version 4
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Added
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- ``Target`` key now allows to be a list of target names
Version 5
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Changed behavior
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- Using ``multiconfig:*`` targets adds appropriate ``BBMULTICONFIG`` entries to
the ``local.conf`` automatically.
Version 6
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Added
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- ``env`` key now allows to pass custom environment variables to the bitbake
build process.
Version 7
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Added
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- ``type`` property to ``repos`` to be able to express which version control
system to use.
Version 8
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Added
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- ``patches`` property to ``repos`` to be able to apply additional patches to
the repo.
Version 9
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Added
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- ``defaults`` key can now be used to set a default value for the repository
property ``refspec`` and the repository patch property ``repo``. These
default values will be used if the appropriate properties are not defined
for a given repository or patch.
Version 10
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Added
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- ``build_system`` property to pre-select OE or Isar.
Version 11
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Changed behavior
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- String item ``includes`` are now using repo-relative paths. File-relative is
still supported by issues a deprecation warning.
- bblayers.conf is generated with ``BBPATH`` and ``BBFILES`` preset to common
defaults. Those can still be overwritten via ``bblayers_conf_headers``.
Added
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- ``menu_configuration`` key stores the selections done via ``kas menu`` in a
configuration file. It is only evaluated by that plugin.
Version 12
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Added
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- For repositories, ``url`` and ``path`` can now be overridden with a
null-value to switch between version-controlled repositories and unversioned
local folders.
Version 13
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Added
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- Variables used in the ``env`` section can now be assigned 'None' as value. In
this case the variables are only exported to the bb env whitelist.
Version 14
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Added
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- The ``overrides`` top-level entry can be used to pin floating repo refspecs.
- ``_source_dir`` top-level entry is auto-generated when using the menu plugin
and provides the path to the top repo at time of invoking the plugin.