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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-04-15 09:14:12 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-18 16:20:50 +0100 |
commit | 890ccd34b1cf4011c2d3464967944d549e567cf3 (patch) | |
tree | e2db338d2491ba7c686c7acc89dbd8e656278fdc /bitbake/doc | |
parent | 20a0121b558b32179220e394a66cb90dc6ff3879 (diff) | |
download | openembedded-core-contrib-890ccd34b1cf4011c2d3464967944d549e567cf3.tar.gz |
bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Updated "Conditional Metadata" section
Added information about using lower-case characters and no
underscore characters when using OVERRIDES.
(Bitbake rev: 4397a023f8bf738913d71a38b3e06503207311e2)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index 4683322763..6329cd6e45 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ You can use <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to conditionally select a specific version of a variable and to conditionally append or prepend the value of a variable. + <note> + Overrides can only use lower-case characters. + Additionally, underscores are not permitted in override names + as they are used to separate overrides from each other and + from the variable name. + </note> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><emphasis>Selecting a Variable:</emphasis> The <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> variable is |