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authorMichael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>2022-03-07 17:33:54 +0100
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2022-03-08 09:45:13 +0000
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bitbake-user-manual: update allowed characters in overrides
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
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@@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ variable.
.. note::
- Overrides can only use lower-case characters. Additionally,
- colons are not permitted in override names as they are used to
+ Overrides can only use lower-case characters, digits and dashes.
+ In particular, colons are not permitted in override names as they are used to
separate overrides from each other and from the variable name.
- *Selecting a Variable:* The :term:`OVERRIDES` variable is a