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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-09-01 11:58:36 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-23 15:27:32 +0100
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ref-manual: Updated the DISTROOVERRIDES variable description.
Fixes [YOCTO #10176] Provided a more complete description of this variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 164bf11250c965aadd1ee1573267aa31daa8a4e8) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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3423 3423
3424 <glossentry id='var-DISTROOVERRIDES'><glossterm>DISTROOVERRIDES</glossterm> 3424 <glossentry id='var-DISTROOVERRIDES'><glossterm>DISTROOVERRIDES</glossterm>
3425 <info> 3425 <info>
3426 DISTROOVERRIDES[doc] = "Lists overrides specific to the current distribution. By default, the variable list includes the value of the DISTRO variable." 3426 DISTROOVERRIDES[doc] = "A colon-separated list of overrides specific to the current distribution."
3427 </info> 3427 </info>
3428 <glossdef> 3428 <glossdef>
3429 <para role="glossdeffirst"> 3429 <para role="glossdeffirst">
3430<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> 3430<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
3431 This variable lists overrides specific to the current 3431 A colon-separated list of overrides specific to the
3432 distribution. 3432 current distribution.
3433 By default, the variable list includes the value of the 3433 By default, this list includes the value of
3434 <filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename> 3434 <link linkend='var-DISTRO'><filename>DISTRO</filename></link>.
3435 variable. 3435 </para>
3436 You can extend the variable to apply any variable overrides 3436
3437 you want as part of the distribution and are not 3437 <para>
3438 already in <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> through 3438 You can extend <filename>DISTROOVERRIDES</filename>
3439 some other means. 3439 to add extra overrides that should apply to
3440 the distribution.
3441 </para>
3442
3443 <para>
3444 The underlying mechanism behind
3445 <filename>DISTROOVERRIDES</filename> is simply that it
3446 is included in the default value of
3447 <link linkend='var-OVERRIDES'><filename>OVERRIDES</filename></link>.
3440 </para> 3448 </para>
3441 </glossdef> 3449 </glossdef>
3442 </glossentry> 3450 </glossentry>