From patchwork Wed Jun 7 13:58:31 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ed Beroset X-Patchwork-Id: 25230 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FA7C77B7A for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2023 13:59:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from drive140.trustyservers.com (drive140.trustyservers.com [64.118.88.4]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.9288.1686146348179481419 for ; Wed, 07 Jun 2023 06:59:08 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@beroset.com header.s=default header.b=sMjKPjQe; spf=permerror, err=parse error for token &{10 18 _spf.google.com}: parse error for token &{10 18 _netblocks3.google.com}: limit exceeded (domain: ieee.org, ip: 64.118.88.4, mailfrom: beroset@ieee.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=beroset.com ; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Message-Id:Date:Subject :Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=RzvX4bEAj2FWmynxhQFnwORh/5dPbyDQiwsECtXrDMU=; b=sMjKPjQe0DAlD7tzA8J5/pIjUS D9nvyQZtxB87an0C3OcuNmFOef6m2DfQpolGPxWML26YUhS/JWTQCngf3zP/jgY2gaW7wN1KLsQqr ++Jprf/molh0Pn2bOo3hG5XUP+OrjtprFP1Q2th7o/P0GU/92fHIuN+NO24LarPmRk/h2oCEcRFEK a390a2ZaB8T3ieQTuNB00k5bblKmWZu3ze+u0Oz4jI7+eh9iwhx3TQ3y+VQIi2MbeW8GsPTkH6SAY jggWFx+AldjpfJk67cixcwIc8PFhXZqxfuF8fR1d4maeKTd6oKD+T2kB4SBfwOhMfMtXCojXcU4kU h+sfoLkg==; Received: from 104-185-76-86.lightspeed.rlghnc.sbcglobal.net ([104.185.76.86]:33086 helo=flash.attlocal.net) by drive140.trustyservers.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1q6tgq-0001rV-2N; Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:59:07 -0400 From: beroset@ieee.org To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Ed Beroset Subject: [PATCH] Add clarification for SRCREV Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 09:58:31 -0400 Message-Id: <20230607135831.519561-1-beroset@ieee.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - drive140.trustyservers.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ieee.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: drive140.trustyservers.com: authenticated_id: eddieieee@beroset.com X-Authenticated-Sender: drive140.trustyservers.com: eddieieee@beroset.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:59:17 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/3989 From: Ed Beroset It was not clear to me what a "full revision identifier" was in the context of the note documenting SRCREV. After clarification via IRC, this submission attempts to clarify what is meant to help future readers. Signed-off-by: Ed Beroset Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 6a7888ab4..5b96e4efe 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -7942,7 +7942,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. that if you want to build a fixed revision and you want to avoid performing a query on the remote repository every time BitBake parses your recipe, you should specify a :term:`SRCREV` that is a full revision - identifier and not just a tag. + identifier (e.g. the full SHA hash in git) and not just a tag. .. note::