manuals: Rename the "Using .bbappend Files in Your Layer" section

To prepare to add another example bbappend, rename the current "Using
.bbappend Files in Your Layer" section to "Appending Other Layers Metadata
With Your Layer". Name the current example as "Overlaying a File Using
Your Layer".

(From yocto-docs rev: 62d7b5721b2fbcf1e22fc4e7bbac51d52260730e)

Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <foss@0leil.net>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Tom Rini 2021-08-12 12:10:26 -04:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ file. During the processing of each ``conf/layer.conf`` file, BitBake
adds the recipes, classes and configurations contained within the
particular layer to the source directory.
Using .bbappend Files in Your Layer
-----------------------------------
Appending Other Layers Metadata With Your Layer
-----------------------------------------------
A recipe that appends Metadata to another recipe is called a BitBake
append file. A BitBake append file uses the ``.bbappend`` file type
@ -474,6 +474,9 @@ does not have a corresponding recipe with a matching name. See the
:term:`BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY`
variable for information on how to handle this error.
Overlaying a File Using Your Layer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As an example, consider the main formfactor recipe and a corresponding
formfactor append file both from the :term:`Source Directory`.
Here is the main
@ -6091,7 +6094,7 @@ layer. The following steps provide some more detail:
- Add a ``psplash`` append file for a branded splash screen. For
information on append files, see the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using .bbappend files in your layer`"
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`"
section.
- Add any other append files to make custom changes that are

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@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ home directory:
The :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS` and :term:`SRC_URI` statements
enable the OpenEmbedded build system to find patch files. For more
information on using append files, see the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using .bbappend files in your layer`"
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
Modifying an Existing Recipe
@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ Section.
For more information on append files and patches, see the
":ref:`kernel-dev/common:creating the append file`" and
":ref:`kernel-dev/common:applying patches`" sections. You can also see the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using .bbappend files in your layer`"
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
.. note::

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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ The kernel image (e.g. ``vmlinuz``) is provided by the
specify whether or not the kernel image is installed in the generated
root filesystem, override ``RDEPENDS:${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}-base`` to include or not
include "kernel-image". See the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using .bbappend files in your layer`"
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`"
section in the
Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for information on how to use an
append file to override metadata.

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@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ create an append file for the ``init-ifupdown`` recipe instead, which
you can find in the :term:`Source Directory` at
``meta/recipes-core/init-ifupdown``. For information on how to use
append files, see the
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:using .bbappend files in your layer`"
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:appending other layers metadata with your layer`"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
.. _migration-1.4-remote-debugging: