On http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.5.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#distro-layer the file in the third sentence seems to be wrong: "Settings you provide in conf/<distro>.conf override similar settings that BitBake finds in your conf/local.conf file in the Build Directory." Seems like it should be conf/distro/<distro>.conf I also find it in current http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#distro-layer
Volker, Thanks for reporting this. I updated the sentence as suggested. See the new material at http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.6/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#distro-layer. I am marking the bug closed and setting the documentation flag to "Done." Scott