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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-01 11:58:36 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-23 15:27:32 +0100 |
| commit | 3fa0f9d3eef6c11bdb3b8f5c48d39112029d33ef (patch) | |
| tree | 3826e11275cd7ce011a7024fcbbb7144d5aa6268 /documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |
| parent | 2233924ee6fd95b115f865bba52ed0badf243b20 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-3fa0f9d3eef6c11bdb3b8f5c48d39112029d33ef.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the DISTROOVERRIDES variable description.
Fixes [YOCTO #10176]
Provided a more complete description of this variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: 164bf11250c965aadd1ee1573267aa31daa8a4e8)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 7dafb313b5..17203fe68e 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -3423,20 +3423,28 @@ <glossentry id='var-DISTROOVERRIDES'><glossterm>DISTROOVERRIDES</glossterm> <info> - DISTROOVERRIDES[doc] = "Lists overrides specific to the current distribution. By default, the variable list includes the value of the DISTRO variable." + DISTROOVERRIDES[doc] = "A colon-separated list of overrides specific to the current distribution." </info> <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - This variable lists overrides specific to the current - distribution. - By default, the variable list includes the value of the - <filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename> - variable. - You can extend the variable to apply any variable overrides - you want as part of the distribution and are not - already in <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> through - some other means. + A colon-separated list of overrides specific to the + current distribution. + By default, this list includes the value of + <link linkend='var-DISTRO'><filename>DISTRO</filename></link>. + </para> + + <para> + You can extend <filename>DISTROOVERRIDES</filename> + to add extra overrides that should apply to + the distribution. + </para> + + <para> + The underlying mechanism behind + <filename>DISTROOVERRIDES</filename> is simply that it + is included in the default value of + <link linkend='var-OVERRIDES'><filename>OVERRIDES</filename></link>. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |