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-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 47 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 996526924c..d5ff132e43 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -14319,17 +14319,20 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - For recipes inheriting the + For recipes that use the <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class, the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX</filename> - variable causes the OpenEmbedded build system to use Git - tabs to determine which upstream release version to - fetch when fetching source code from an upstream Git - repository. - You can use this regular expression to filter only - relevant tags: + class, this variable causes the OpenEmbedded build system + to check for what the latest upstream version is by calling + <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>. + When source code is provided from Git repositories, the + latest upstream version is determined by picking the latest + tag from the list of all repository tags. + You can use the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX</filename> + variable to provide a regular expression to filter only the + relevant tags should the default filter not work + correctly. <literallayout class='monospaced'> - UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX-<replaceable>recipe</replaceable> = "git_tag_regex" + UPSTREAM_CHECK_GITTAGREGEX = "git_tag_regex" </literallayout> </para> </glossdef> @@ -14337,19 +14340,19 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossentry id='var-UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX'><glossterm>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</glossterm> <info> - UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX[doc] = "The regular expression the package checking system uses to parse the page pointed to by UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI_pn." + UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX[doc] = "The regular expression the package checking system uses to parse the page pointed to by UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI." </info> <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - For recipes inheriting the + For recipes that use the <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> class, the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX</filename> variable causes the package checking system to use the regular expression to parse the page found using <link linkend='var-UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI'><filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename></link>. <literallayout class='monospaced'> - UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX-<replaceable>recipe</replaceable> = "package_regex" + UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "package_regex" </literallayout> </para> </glossdef> @@ -14362,14 +14365,20 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - For recipes inheriting the + For recipes that use the <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> - class, the <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename> - variable causes the package checking system to get the - latest version of the package when source files are - fetched from an upstream Git repository. - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI-<replaceable>recipe</replaceable> = "recipe_url" + class, this variable causes the OpenEmbedded build system + to check for what the latest upstream version is by calling + <filename>bitbake -c checkpkg</filename>. + When 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. + When this approach does not work, + you can use <filename>UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI</filename> to + provide a different URI that contains the link to the + latest tarball. + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "recipe_url" </literallayout> </para> </glossdef> |