documentation: poky-ref-manual - DISTRO description extended.

Extend the description of the DISTRO variable so that it mentions that
this points to a .conf file under conf/distro and mentions what happens
if the value is left blank.

(From yocto-docs rev: 50f8f0394d8d849e0a227d6c9ffcdc3cccb7e307)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Paul Eggleton 2012-10-10 14:27:44 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<glossentry id='var-DISTRO'><glossterm>DISTRO</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>The short name of the distribution.</para>
<para>
The short name of the distribution.
This variable corresponds to a file with the
extension <filename>.conf</filename>
located in a <filename>conf/distro</filename> directory
within the metadata that contains the distribution configuration.
The
value must not contain spaces, and is typically all lower-case.
</para>
<para>
If the variable is blank, a set of default configuration
will be used, which is specified
within <filename>meta/conf/distro/defaultsetup.conf</filename>.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>