From 9a9577ed498c9e9333f9640871378d67481011d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:52:30 -0700 Subject: bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Added review changes to BBCLASSEXTEND description Fixes [YOCTO #9909] Added some technical clarifications to the existing note to be clear about what is causing the limitations in this case. Applied some formatting fixed to for the use of the include word. (Bitbake rev: e9ad2e0f6d2681dd793cc39c468eb86e57fd6f48) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- .../bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) 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 index e81f3ed653..4d8ee69b6d 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml @@ -992,19 +992,21 @@ mechanism generates recipe variants by rewriting variable values and applying overrides such as _class-native. - For example, to generate a native version of a recipe - named "foo", a + For example, to generate a native version of a recipe, + a DEPENDS on "foo" is rewritten to a DEPENDS on "foo-native". - No reparsing, which adds some limitations, of the - recipe is done for each variant. - For example, it is not possible to "include" a - different file depending on the variant, since - "include's" are processed when the recipe is parsed. + Even when using BBCLASSEXTEND, the + recipe is only parsed once. + Parsing once adds some limitations. + For example, it is not possible to + include a different file depending on the variant, + since include statements are + processed when the recipe is parsed. -- cgit 1.2.3-korg