14980 2022-12-05 14:35:06 +0000 multiconfig documentation in dunfell is inaccurate 2022-12-08 08:38:18 +0000 1 1 9 Documentation Development Manual development 3.1.21 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED Undecided normal --- 1 paul michael.opdenacker --- --- Yes (doc changes required) oldest_to_newest 94473 0 paul 2022-12-05 14:35:06 +0000 See https://docs.yoctoproject.org/3.1.21/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.html#setting-up-and-running-a-multiple-configuration-build. For dunfell, this section says: "The location for these multiconfig configuration files is specific. They must reside in the current build directory in a sub-directory of conf named multiconfig." For master, this section says: "The location for these multiconfig configuration files is specific. They must reside in the current Build Directory in a sub-directory of conf named multiconfig or within a layer’s conf directory under a directory named multiconfig." The text for master appears to be correct for dunfell as well. The change to allow multiconfig files to be in layer conf directories was added in 2016 (long before the dunfell release) by the following commits: * https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/commit/?id=518b9015c2be8d3894277a8e54890d6f04d656c0 * https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=a6a3894fb2cb2097d2404b8b8cb2b85df595cfa9 94475 1 michael.opdenacker 2022-12-06 10:49:59 +0000 Submitted a patch to address this: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/3520 94490 2 michael.opdenacker 2022-12-08 08:38:18 +0000 Fixed by this commit: https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-docs/commit/?h=dunfell&id=4961ddc9848f6569307107c10ff132532944ccaa