From ba1af319dec8b55c83539db1d0bd839d608b6c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:32:55 -0600 Subject: ref-manual: Edits to update-alternatives class. Also had to update four instances in the variables glossary where links to the section for the class became misnamed due to stripping out the excess stuff from the class section heading. (From yocto-docs rev: 2b7c245021d16a22fb5a2e14e26b2f9b0082a669) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml index 17784c2628..21f125b6ad 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml @@ -2705,17 +2705,17 @@
- Alternatives - <filename>update-alternatives.bbclass</filename> + <filename>update-alternatives.bbclass</filename> - This class helps the alternatives system when multiple sources provide - the same command. + The update-alternatives class helps the + alternatives system when multiple sources provide the same command. This situation occurs when several programs that have the same or similar function are installed with the same name. For example, the ar command is available from the busybox, binutils and elfutils packages. - The update-alternatives.bbclass class handles + The update-alternatives class handles renaming the binaries so that multiple packages can be installed without conflicts. The ar command still works regardless of which -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf