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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2014-07-09 14:59:47 +0300
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-07-21 11:00:57 +0100
commite83032ce0a3f847e6a8fd5f5b64ee6aa7ec6b404 (patch)
treea734a0fdcd113e98d08407eae85f755d0ed5c7d5 /bitbake
parentaf4f1f4a9846c7b2692f603494d8a40e1f5df1b7 (diff)
downloadopenembedded-core-contrib-e83032ce0a3f847e6a8fd5f5b64ee6aa7ec6b404.tar.gz
bitbake: bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml: Edits to some operators
Added wording to clearly state immediate or delayed application for various operators. Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> (Bitbake rev: 877c4c9a466e26953abd6fe416c2cba092607dac) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake')
-rw-r--r--bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml22
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index a10a660017..b8a77e1fa0 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@
using the "+=" and "=+" operators.
These operators insert a space between the current
value and prepended or appended value.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These operators take immediate effect during parsing.
Here are some examples:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
B = "bval"
@@ -178,6 +182,10 @@
<para>
If you want to append or prepend values without an
inserted space, use the ".=" and "=." operators.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These operators take immediate effect during parsing.
Here are some examples:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
B = "bval"
@@ -198,6 +206,13 @@
You can also append and prepend a variable's value
using an override style syntax.
When you use this syntax, no spaces are inserted.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ These operators differ from the ":=", ".=", "=.", "+=", and "=+"
+ operators in that their effects are deferred
+ until after parsing completes rather than being immediately
+ applied.
Here are some examples:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
B = "bval"
@@ -217,13 +232,6 @@
override syntax.
</note>
</para>
-
- <para>
- The operators "_append" and "_prepend" differ from
- the operators ".=" and "=." in that they are deferred
- until after parsing completes rather than being immediately
- applied.
- </para>
</section>
<section id='removing-override-style-syntax'>