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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2018-05-31 09:44:19 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-06-15 11:26:46 +0100 |
| commit | 5a9e1870db1374f646098c32a6173ec87996da82 (patch) | |
| tree | 174467d798efc2e7072d606109d595774ba13c61 /documentation/sdk-manual | |
| parent | 34f381ee26279fabea26773444d5eff3775564b8 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-5a9e1870db1374f646098c32a6173ec87996da82.tar.gz | |
sdk-manual: Edits to "Name and Version"
Poor writing left over in here. Updated some of the prose.
(From yocto-docs rev: 8f71cd997c86610dd62780f74f39dad811098540)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/sdk-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml index 1309cd0c4c..01dd76f1da 100644 --- a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml +++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml @@ -1078,15 +1078,19 @@ <para> If you do not specify a name and version on the command - line, <filename>devtool add</filename> attempts to determine - the name and version of the software being built from - various metadata within the source tree. - Furthermore, the command sets the name of the created recipe - file accordingly. - If the name or version cannot be determined, the - <filename>devtool add</filename> command prints an error and - you must re-run the command with both the name and version - or just the name or version specified. + line, <filename>devtool add</filename> uses various metadata + within the source tree in an attempt to determine + the name and version of the software being built. + Based on what the tool determines, <filename>devtool</filename> + sets the name of the created recipe file accordingly. + </para> + + <para> + If <filename>devtool</filename> cannot determine the name and + version, the command prints an error. + For such cases, you must re-run the command and provide + the name and version, just the name, or just the version as + part of the command line. </para> <para> |