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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-04-01 10:14:25 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-06 23:11:57 +0100 |
| commit | a1295ed80ff4e80b423ac9e7511730319c82052a (patch) | |
| tree | a735dc55503d3e755d70088e40d1a3f76dbaea09 /documentation | |
| parent | 879eec203bc3a07bfcbcba9600a02f9c29a69db9 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-a1295ed80ff4e80b423ac9e7511730319c82052a.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated PREFERRED_VERSION variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #8595]
Added some examples on how to force the version.
(From yocto-docs rev: 4a98ce1ed623cd9763731453316f2ff8d8b8b82a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index ad87a63312..45015a4096 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -9589,6 +9589,15 @@ 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: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_forcevariable = "3.4%" + </literallayout> + Another method is to use a machine override: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 = "3.4%" + </literallayout> </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |