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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 0d01c16ddb..12876e3d9a 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -16629,16 +16629,16 @@ <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - When the - <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe - check for what the latest upstream source code version is - by calling + You can perform a per-recipe check for what the latest + upstream source code version is by calling <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>. If the recipe source code is provided from Git repositories, the OpenEmbedded build system determines the latest upstream version by picking the latest tag from the list of all repository tags. + </para> + + <para> You can use the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX</filename> variable to provide a regular expression to filter only the @@ -16658,11 +16658,8 @@ <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - When the - <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class is enabled globally, use the - <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> variable to - specify a different regular expression instead of the + Use the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> variable + to specify a different regular expression instead of the default one when the package checking system is parsing the page found using <link linkend='var-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI'><filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename></link>. @@ -16680,12 +16677,9 @@ <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - When the - <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class is enabled globally, you can perform a per-recipe - check for what the latest upstream source code version is - by calling <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> - <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>. + You can perform a per-recipe check for what the latest + upstream source code version is by calling + <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename> <replaceable>recipe</replaceable>. If the source code is provided from tarballs, the latest version is determined by fetching the directory listing where the tarball is and attempting to find a later tarball. |