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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2018-10-18 13:15:49 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2018-10-29 16:54:48 +0000 |
commit | 8c0a94129e0e1699cd72fd965ac1cc6504b1269f (patch) | |
tree | 5eb847e6938935b08c9e60a4da107036e8570450 /bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | |
parent | 3e5c6cbf3475b513458a0bfc57dcd3353dd9e44d (diff) | |
download | poky-8c0a94129e0e1699cd72fd965ac1cc6504b1269f.tar.gz |
bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Added wildcarding descriptions
Fixes [YOCTO #12390]
Added specific descriptions for how wildcarding works for a variety
of variables and files (e.g. append files).
(Bitbake rev: 0a4377cb1837ede213d9640344f4908de3689d91)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml')
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index fc55ef6483..df5364c299 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | |||
@@ -2751,4 +2751,29 @@ | |||
2751 | </itemizedlist> | 2751 | </itemizedlist> |
2752 | </para> | 2752 | </para> |
2753 | </section> | 2753 | </section> |
2754 | |||
2755 | <section id='wildcard-support'> | ||
2756 | <title>Wildcard Support</title> | ||
2757 | |||
2758 | <para> | ||
2759 | Support for wildcard use varies depending on the context in | ||
2760 | which it is used. | ||
2761 | For example, some variables and file names allow limited use of | ||
2762 | wildcards through the "<filename>%</filename>" and | ||
2763 | "<filename>*</filename>" characters. | ||
2764 | Other variables or names support Python's | ||
2765 | <ulink url='https://docs.python.org/2/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink> | ||
2766 | syntax, | ||
2767 | <ulink url='https://docs.python.org/2/library/fnmatch.html#module-fnmatch'><filename>fnmatch</filename></ulink> | ||
2768 | syntax, or Regular Expression (re) syntax. | ||
2769 | </para> | ||
2770 | |||
2771 | <para> | ||
2772 | When a particular variable's list of filenames or filenames | ||
2773 | in general used by BitBake or a build system | ||
2774 | based on BitBake support the use of wildcards, the | ||
2775 | documentation describes its use and limitations. | ||
2776 | </para> | ||
2777 | </section> | ||
2778 | |||
2754 | </chapter> | 2779 | </chapter> |