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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-04-15 09:14:12 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-04-18 16:20:50 +0100
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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Updated "Conditional Metadata" section
Added information about using lower-case characters and no underscore characters when using OVERRIDES. (Bitbake rev: 4397a023f8bf738913d71a38b3e06503207311e2) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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379 You can use <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to conditionally select 379 You can use <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to conditionally select
380 a specific version of a variable and to conditionally 380 a specific version of a variable and to conditionally
381 append or prepend the value of a variable. 381 append or prepend the value of a variable.
382 <note>
383 Overrides can only use lower-case characters.
384 Additionally, underscores are not permitted in override names
385 as they are used to separate overrides from each other and
386 from the variable name.
387 </note>
382 <itemizedlist> 388 <itemizedlist>
383 <listitem><para><emphasis>Selecting a Variable:</emphasis> 389 <listitem><para><emphasis>Selecting a Variable:</emphasis>
384 The <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> variable is 390 The <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> variable is