oelint.vars.distroconf

severity: warn

Example

IMAGE_INSTALL += "my-recipe"
MACHINE_FEATURES:append = " vfat"

Why is this bad?

Image and or machine specific settings should not be set by a distro configuration.

Ways to fix it

Avoid using any of the following variables in a distro configuration

• MACHINE
• MACHINE_ARCH
• MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS
• MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS
• MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS
• MACHINE_FEATURES
• MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL
• MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED
• IMAGE_INSTALL
• MACHINEOVERRIDES