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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml index 9e2e6b2eb..f7d312a32 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml @@ -342,13 +342,14 @@ <para> When you name an append file, you can use the - wildcard character (%) to allow for matching recipe names. + "<filename>%</filename>" wildcard character to allow for matching + recipe names. For example, suppose you have an append file named as follows: <literallayout class='monospaced'> busybox_1.21.%.bbappend </literallayout> - That append file would match any <filename>busybox_1.21.x.bb</filename> + That append file would match any <filename>busybox_1.21.</filename><replaceable>x</replaceable><filename>.bb</filename> version of the recipe. So, the append file would match the following recipe names: <literallayout class='monospaced'> @@ -356,6 +357,14 @@ busybox_1.21.2.bb busybox_1.21.3.bb </literallayout> + <note><title>Important</title> + The use of the "<filename>%</filename>" character + is limited in that it only works directly in front of the + <filename>.bbappend</filename> portion of the append file's + name. + You cannot use the wildcard character in any other + location of the name. + </note> If the <filename>busybox</filename> recipe was updated to <filename>busybox_1.3.0.bb</filename>, the append name would not match. |