dev-manual: Added note about naming your distribution

Added a small note in the section where you create your own
distribution to be clear about where the name is set.

Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: a2ce7d82eb7f3edbaebce65c73e6ae3c0c921152)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2013-11-25 06:43:38 -08:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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the <filename>conf/distro</filename> directory of your
layer.
You need to name it using your distribution name
(e.g. <filename>mydistro.conf</filename>).</para>
(e.g. <filename>mydistro.conf</filename>).
<note>
The
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO'><filename>DISTRO</filename></ulink>
variable in your
<filename>local.conf</filename> file determines the
name of your distribution.
</note></para>
<para>You can split out parts of your configuration file
into include files and then "require" them from within
your distribution configuration file.