oelint.vars.outofcontext

severity: warning

Example

On a normal recipe like test_1.0.bb

MACHINEOVERRIDES .= "foo:"

Why is this bad?

The variables flagged by the linter rule should only be applied in a very specific context.

e.g. variables meant for recipes (.bb, .bbappend) used in a global scope will affect all other recipes being parsed, hence the impact of the setting can have very far reaching consequences.

While for variables meant for a global scope (.conf files) normally set a baseline for all recipes to operate in. Changing those for just a single recipe will potentially create code and artifacts that do not match the other recipes being build.

Ways to fix it

• Remove the tagged variables from the file
• (opt) move the variable setting to the files the variables are deemed for