From 5a9e1870db1374f646098c32a6173ec87996da82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 09:44:19 -0700 Subject: sdk-manual: Edits to "Name and Version" Poor writing left over in here. Updated some of the prose. (From yocto-docs rev: 8f71cd997c86610dd62780f74f39dad811098540) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml') diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml index 1309cd0c4c..01dd76f1da 100644 --- a/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml +++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/sdk-extensible.xml @@ -1078,15 +1078,19 @@ If you do not specify a name and version on the command - line, devtool add attempts to determine - the name and version of the software being built from - various metadata within the source tree. - Furthermore, the command sets the name of the created recipe - file accordingly. - If the name or version cannot be determined, the - devtool add command prints an error and - you must re-run the command with both the name and version - or just the name or version specified. + line, devtool add uses various metadata + within the source tree in an attempt to determine + the name and version of the software being built. + Based on what the tool determines, devtool + sets the name of the created recipe file accordingly. + + + + If devtool cannot determine the name and + version, the command prints an error. + For such cases, you must re-run the command and provide + the name and version, just the name, or just the version as + part of the command line. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf