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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-04-18 16:17:43 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-04-29 07:48:22 +0100 |
commit | 01df6a7c772ca5432a75f8f686a4d7dc085351bd (patch) | |
tree | 0d28cc1142a8c497223764ed017fdecbecbb0ad2 /documentation | |
parent | 15a93e9a39d36cddd02473c3e14c50e55aabb7c8 (diff) | |
download | openembedded-core-contrib-01df6a7c772ca5432a75f8f686a4d7dc085351bd.tar.gz |
ref-manual: Applied review edit comments to the 2.1 migration section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 50eb2e0bcd4afaa2c097b4fa121051920cf21053)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml | 33 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml index e6c0aa36b8..70c89aa631 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml @@ -2447,8 +2447,8 @@ </literallayout> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <filename>d.delVar('</filename><replaceable>varname</replaceable><filename>')</filename> and - <filename>d.setVar('</filename><replaceable>varname</replaceable><filename>', None)</filename> + <filename>d.delVar('</filename><replaceable>VARNAME</replaceable><filename>')</filename> and + <filename>d.setVar('</filename><replaceable>VARNAME</replaceable><filename>', None)</filename> result in the variable and all of its overrides being cleared out. Before the change, only the non-overridden values @@ -2740,13 +2740,13 @@ <para> Variable expressions, such as - <filename>${</filename><replaceable>varname</replaceable><filename>}</filename> + <filename>${</filename><replaceable>VARNAME</replaceable><filename>}</filename> no longer expand automatically within Python functions. Suppressing expansion was done to allow Python functions to construct shell scripts or other code for situations in which you do not want such expressions expanded. For any existing code that relies on these expansions, you need to - change the expansions to either expand the value of individual + change the expansions to expand the value of individual variables through <filename>d.getVar()</filename>. To alternatively expand more complex expressions, use <filename>d.expand()</filename>. @@ -2880,7 +2880,7 @@ to allow the default implementation from the <filename>autotools</filename> class to work such that <filename>autoreconf</filename> succeeds and produces a working - configure script), and to remove the + configure script, and to remove the overridden <filename>do_configure</filename> task such that the default implementation does get used. </para> @@ -2910,7 +2910,8 @@ <filename>do_rootfs</filename>, you should make edits so that those tasks are after the <link linkend='ref-tasks-image-complete'><filename>do_image_complete</filename></link> - task rather than before the task so that the your added tasks + task rather than after <filename>do_rootfs</filename> + so that the your added tasks run at the correct time. </para> @@ -3128,7 +3129,7 @@ The separate <filename>poky-tiny</filename> distribution now uses the musl C library instead of a heavily pared down <filename>glibc</filename>. - Using <filename>glibc</filename> results in a smaller + Using musl results in a smaller distribution and facilitates much greater maintainability because musl is designed to have a small footprint.</para> @@ -3205,6 +3206,9 @@ If your host distribution does not provide a sufficiently recent version, you can install the buildtools, which will provide it. + See the + "<link linkend='required-git-tar-and-python-versions'>Required Git, tar, and Python Versions</link>" + section for more information on the buildtools tarball. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> The buggy and incomplete support for the RPM version 4 @@ -3228,10 +3232,8 @@ or does not specify whether a keyboard is attached, then the default is to assume a keyboard is attached rather than assume no keyboard. - <note> - This change primarily affects the Sato UI. - </note> - </para></listitem> + This change primarily affects the Sato UI. + </para></listitem> <listitem><para> The <filename>.debug</filename> directory packaging is now automatic. @@ -3248,8 +3250,8 @@ This data has been replaced with <filename>getrusage()</filename> data and corrected IO statistics. - You will probably need to update code that reads the - <filename>buildstats</filename> data. + You will probably need to update any custom code that reads + the <filename>buildstats</filename> data. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> The @@ -3272,8 +3274,9 @@ <filename>meta-yocto-bsp</filename> layer. Most modern x86 boards do not rely on this file and it only adds kernel error messages during startup. - If you do still need the file, you can simply add - <filename>v86d</filename> to your image. + If you do still need to support + <filename>uvesafb</filename>, you can + simply add <filename>v86d</filename> to your image. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> |