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authorRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2021-08-04 10:47:14 +0100
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2021-08-10 11:29:46 +0100
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migration-3.4: Add extra notes to override syntax changes
(From yocto-docs rev: dba53562b684c511fb59a3272656cb6052f28fb2) Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ context being specific tasks in that case. Tune overrides are another special
56case where some code does use them as overrides but some does not. We plan to try 56case where some code does use them as overrides but some does not. We plan to try
57and make the tune code use overrides more consistently in the future. 57and make the tune code use overrides more consistently in the future.
58 58
59There are some variables which do not use override syntax which include the
60suffix to variables in ``layer.conf`` files such as :term:`BBFILE_PATTERN`,
61:term:`SRCREV`\ ``_xxx`` where ``xxx`` is a name from :term:`SRC_URI` and
62:term:`PREFERRED_VERSION`\ ``_xxx``. In particular, ``layer.conf`` suffixes
63may be the same as a :term:`DISTRO` override causing some confusion. We do
64plan to try and improve consistency as these issues are identified.
65
59To help with migration of layers there is a script in OE-Core. Once configured 66To help with migration of layers there is a script in OE-Core. Once configured
60with the overrides used by a layer, this can be run as:: 67with the overrides used by a layer, this can be run as::
61 68