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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-04-04 13:35:40 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-06 23:11:58 +0100 |
| commit | d57fe7c98cffd28bfec3848bb7e09836248639cf (patch) | |
| tree | 474a479b166fe39ff20f11b8be7f49d6e59612a8 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 53bade89482d46ca30ab29330abd7490b46e532c (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-d57fe7c98cffd28bfec3848bb7e09836248639cf.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the PREFERRED_VERSION variable description.
Fixes [YOCTO #8595]
Applied some wording changes as part of the review process from
Richard Purdie.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3c4fc3cbdecb7e3c8287a915b82bc5469288d5db)
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 | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index fa652e57a1..fd15dff9a1 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -9592,14 +9592,22 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" PREFERRED_VERSION_python = "2.7.3" PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "3.19%" </literallayout> - If you want to force a particular version of a recipe, - you can use "forcevariable" as follows: + Sometimes the <filename>PREFERRED_VERSION</filename> + variable can be set by configuration files in a way that + is hard to change. + You can use + <link linkend='var-OVERRIDES'><filename>OVERRIDES</filename></link> + to set a machine-specific override. + Here is an example: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_forcevariable = "3.4%" + PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 = "3.4%" </literallayout> - Another method is to use a machine override: + Although not recommended, worst case, you can also use the + "forcevariable" override, which is the strongest override + possible. + Here is an example: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 = "3.4%" + PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_forcevariable = "3.4%" </literallayout> </para> </glossdef> |