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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-04-01 10:14:25 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-04-06 23:11:57 +0100
commita1295ed80ff4e80b423ac9e7511730319c82052a (patch)
treea735dc55503d3e755d70088e40d1a3f76dbaea09
parent879eec203bc3a07bfcbcba9600a02f9c29a69db9 (diff)
downloadpoky-a1295ed80ff4e80b423ac9e7511730319c82052a.tar.gz
ref-manual: Updated PREFERRED_VERSION variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #8595] Added some examples on how to force the version. (From yocto-docs rev: 4a98ce1ed623cd9763731453316f2ff8d8b8b82a) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index ad87a63312..45015a4096 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -9589,6 +9589,15 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
9589 PREFERRED_VERSION_python = "2.7.3" 9589 PREFERRED_VERSION_python = "2.7.3"
9590 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "3.19%" 9590 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = "3.19%"
9591 </literallayout> 9591 </literallayout>
9592 If you want to force a particular version of a recipe,
9593 you can use "forcevariable" as follows:
9594 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
9595 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_forcevariable = "3.4%"
9596 </literallayout>
9597 Another method is to use a machine override:
9598 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
9599 PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto_qemux86 = "3.4%"
9600 </literallayout>
9592 </para> 9601 </para>
9593 </glossdef> 9602 </glossdef>
9594 </glossentry> 9603 </glossentry>