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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-04-15 08:09:19 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-18 16:28:24 +0100 |
| commit | 6391dbfe489ac5565d1fce23a31a90f3616f158c (patch) | |
| tree | 83c328a48e79e1c27d529d976a45c61acdcc21b3 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 6d86f7a0a35cd811bf267ecce847da33c82c1cc6 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-6391dbfe489ac5565d1fce23a31a90f3616f158c.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the PREFERRED_PROVIDER variable with a note.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5d3a3e9ea8670f784f9c06cb244a9d5981bb1e76)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index d66fe1b0c6..4fb1f64646 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -9568,6 +9568,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/xserver = "xserver-xf86" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/libgl ?= "mesa" </literallayout> + <note> + If you set <filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</filename> + for a <filename>virtual/*</filename> item, then any + recipe that + <link linkend='var-PROVIDES'><filename>PROVIDES</filename></link> + that item that is not selected by + <filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</filename> is prevented + from building, which is usually desirable since this + mechanism is designed to select between mutually + exclusive alternative providers. + </note> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |