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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 434a7d15a5..0f7708e718 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -511,6 +511,10 @@ <para>Information in append files overrides the information in the similarly-named recipe file. For an example of an append file in use, see the "<link linkend='using-bbappend-files'>Using .bbappend Files</link>" section. + <note> + Append files can also use wildcard patterns in their version numbers + so they can be applied to more than one version of the underlying recipe file. + </note> </para></listitem> <listitem><para id='bitbake-term'><emphasis>BitBake:</emphasis> The task executor and scheduler used by the OpenEmbedded build @@ -686,7 +690,7 @@ This Metadata is found in the <filename>meta</filename> directory of the <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>Package:</emphasis> - In the context of the Yocto Project, this term refers a + In the context of the Yocto Project, this term refers to a recipe's packaged output produced by BitBake (i.e. a "baked recipe"). A package is generally the compiled binaries produced from the |