| Message ID | 20220307183803.534661-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | bitbake-user-manual: add note about the old syntax for OVERRIDES | expand |
Hi Michael, On 3/7/22 19:38, Michael Opdenacker via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> > Reported-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com> > Reported-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> > --- > .../bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst > index b90e5cf0..97114ed6 100644 > --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst > +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst > @@ -585,6 +585,16 @@ variable. > > EXTRA_OEMAKE:prepend:task-compile = "${PARALLEL_MAKE} " > > +.. note:: > + > + Before BitBake 1.52 (Honister 3.4), the syntax for :term:`OVERRIDES` > + used ``_`` instead of ``:``, so you will still find a lot of documentation We should mention that we're talking about external/third party documentation/tutorials and not ours :) Cheers, Quentin
Hi Quentin Thanks for the review. On 3/10/22 11:54, Quentin Schulz wrote: > We should mention that we're talking about external/third party > documentation/tutorials and not ours :) Oops, Richard already merged the change. Is it really worth it to make another commit for such an update? Cheers Michael.
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst index b90e5cf0..97114ed6 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst @@ -585,6 +585,16 @@ variable. EXTRA_OEMAKE:prepend:task-compile = "${PARALLEL_MAKE} " +.. note:: + + Before BitBake 1.52 (Honister 3.4), the syntax for :term:`OVERRIDES` + used ``_`` instead of ``:``, so you will still find a lot of documentation + using ``_append``, ``_prepend``, and ``_remove``, for example. + + For details, see the + :yocto_docs:`Overrides Syntax Changes </migration-guides/migration-3.4.html#override-syntax-changes>` + section in the Yocto Project manual migration notes. + Key Expansion -------------
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> Reported-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com> Reported-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> --- .../bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)