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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-07-14 12:52:30 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-07-21 07:47:35 +0100 |
commit | e9ad2e0f6d2681dd793cc39c468eb86e57fd6f48 (patch) | |
tree | ca1979b0062c98f4233820b1de7d9303726a72c4 /doc/bitbake-user-manual | |
parent | ada90f68afd17cb85cb5957f3f91b537ee3599f6 (diff) | |
download | bitbake-e9ad2e0f6d2681dd793cc39c468eb86e57fd6f48.tar.gz |
bitbake-user-manual: Added review changes to BBCLASSEXTEND description
Fixes [YOCTO #9909]
Added some technical clarifications to the existing note to be clear
about what is causing the limitations in this case. Applied some
formatting fixed to for the use of the include word.
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/bitbake-user-manual')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml index e81f3ed65..4d8ee69b6 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml @@ -992,19 +992,21 @@ mechanism generates recipe variants by rewriting variable values and applying overrides such as <filename>_class-native</filename>. - For example, to generate a native version of a recipe - named "foo", a + For example, to generate a native version of a recipe, + a <link linkend='var-DEPENDS'><filename>DEPENDS</filename></link> on "foo" is rewritten to a <filename>DEPENDS</filename> on "foo-native". </para> <para> - No reparsing, which adds some limitations, of the - recipe is done for each variant. - For example, it is not possible to "include" a - different file depending on the variant, since - "include's" are processed when the recipe is parsed. + Even when using <filename>BBCLASSEXTEND</filename>, the + recipe is only parsed once. + Parsing once adds some limitations. + For example, it is not possible to + include a different file depending on the variant, + since <filename>include</filename> statements are + processed when the recipe is parsed. </para> </note> </para> |