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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2014-06-27 15:44:00 +0300
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-07-03 13:58:57 +0100
commit70439569c8f091f12a92e350f7d7c8adcccdcd78 (patch)
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downloadopenembedded-core-contrib-70439569c8f091f12a92e350f7d7c8adcccdcd78.tar.gz
bitbake: bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml: Edits to OVERRIDES variable.
More detail. (Bitbake rev: 0ac8a504de1798dae02eb2dade2776e7e25d034d) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
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+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
@@ -1560,8 +1560,16 @@
BitBake uses <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to control
what variables are overridden after BitBake parses
recipes and configuration files.
- You can find more information on how overrides are handled
- in the
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Following is a simple example that uses an overrides
+ list based on machine architectures:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ OVERRIDES = "arm:x86:mips:powerpc"
+ </literallayout>
+ You can find information on how to use
+ <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> in the
"<link linkend='conditional-syntax-overrides'>Conditional Syntax (Overrides)</link>"
section.
</para>