oelint.vars.pnusagediscouraged

severity: warning

Example

In any bitbake recipe

HOMEPAGE = "http://${PN}.com"
DESCRIPTION = "http://${BPN}.com"

Why is this bad?

For a selection of variables, that provide metadata the use of ${PN} and ${BPN} is discouraged, as those variables provide links. And in a unexpanded form they are not clickable immediately from the IDE or editor, leading to manual work.

Also there is little use in using a variable here, as the information likely will remain static anyway.

Ways to fix it

For variables

• SUMMARY
• HOMEPAGE
• BUGTRACKER
• DESCRIPTION

remove the use of ${PN} and ${BPN}

HOMEPAGE = "http://foo-bar.com"
DESCRIPTION = "http://foo-bar.com"