Configuration Format Changes¶

Version 1 (Alias ‘0.10’)¶

Added¶

Include mechanism
Version check

Version 2¶

Changed¶

Configuration file versions are now integers

Fixed¶

Including files from repos that are not defined in the current file

Version 3¶

Added¶

Task key that allows to specify which task to run (bitbake -c)

Version 4¶

Added¶

Target key now allows to be a list of target names

Version 5¶

Changed behavior¶

Using multiconfig:* targets adds appropriate BBMULTICONFIG entries to the local.conf automatically.

Version 6¶

Added¶

env key now allows to pass custom environment variables to the bitbake build process.

Version 7¶

Added¶

type property to repos to be able to express which version control system to use.

Version 8¶

Added¶

patches property to repos to be able to apply additional patches to the repo.