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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-04-15 09:14:12 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-18 16:20:34 +0100 |
| commit | 4397a023f8bf738913d71a38b3e06503207311e2 (patch) | |
| tree | 61a5e3b6d5da833f9ab116710337285defc158e7 /doc | |
| parent | 3f29ebec593f20894f7a2a0b6d50ee22474aee75 (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-contrib-4397a023f8bf738913d71a38b3e06503207311e2.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual: Updated "Conditional Metadata" section
Added information about using lower-case characters and no
underscore characters when using OVERRIDES.
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index 468332276..6329cd6e4 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ You can use <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to conditionally select a specific version of a variable and to conditionally append or prepend the value of a variable. + <note> + Overrides can only use lower-case characters. + Additionally, underscores are not permitted in override names + as they are used to separate overrides from each other and + from the variable name. + </note> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><emphasis>Selecting a Variable:</emphasis> The <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> variable is |