Update the documentation for SRCPV

The variable SRCPV is deprecated since 4.3. Instead of including SRCPV
in PV, including the sign "+" is enough for bitbake to add the source
control information to PKGV during the packaging phase.

Update the documentation for SRCPV and the places where it was used.
When instructions previously referred to SRCPV, replace by mentioning to
include "+" in the assignment.

In most examples, "+git" is added to PV as it is the most popular SCM.
Simply adding "+" is also possible, although it is better practice to
include the SCM name, so give that example.

Update the gcompat example with l3afpad as it didn't include "+git" in
its PV definition anymore.

(From yocto-docs rev: ee16c96202e5027d1a8d7e89e11c25f127c78326)

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

6 files changed, 47 insertions, 63 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst
index 6a3eec3a0e..806bf23848 100644
--- a/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst
+++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ Debian policy closely.
 
 When a recipe references a git revision that does not correspond to a released
 version of software (e.g. is not a tagged version), the :term:`PV` variable
-should include the Git revision using the following to make the
-version clear::
+should include the sign ``+``, so :term:`bitbake` automatically includes package
+version information during the packaging phase::
 
-    PV = "<version>+git${SRCPV}"
+    PV = "<version>+git"
 
 In this case, ``<version>`` should be the most recently released version of the
 software from the current source revision (``git describe`` can be useful for
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst
index 97a7e63e36..896b1b5ac7 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/external-scm.rst
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ revision number for changes. Currently, you can do this with Apache
 Subversion (SVN), Git, and Bazaar (BZR) repositories.
 
 To enable this behavior, the :term:`PV` of
-the recipe needs to reference
-:term:`SRCPV`. Here is an example::
+the recipe needs to include a ``+`` sign in its assignment.
+Here is an example::
 
-   PV = "1.2.3+git${SRCPV}"
+   PV = "1.2.3+git"
+
+:term:`Bitbake` later includes the source control information in :term:`PKGV`
+during the packaging phase.
 
 Then, you can add the following to your
 ``local.conf``::
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst
index 61fc2eb122..944b9627f9 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/new-recipe.rst
@@ -291,13 +291,13 @@ another example that specifies these types of files, see the
 
 Another way of specifying source is from an SCM. For Git repositories,
 you must specify :term:`SRCREV` and you should specify :term:`PV` to include
-the revision with :term:`SRCPV`. Here is an example from the recipe
-``meta/recipes-core/musl/gcompat_git.bb``::
+a ``+`` sign in its definition. Here is an example from the recipe
+:oe_git:`meta/recipes-sato/l3afpad/l3afpad_git.bb </openembedded-core/tree/meta/recipes-sato/l3afpad/l3afpad_git.bb>`::
 
-   SRC_URI = "git://git.adelielinux.org/adelie/gcompat.git;protocol=https;branch=current"
+   SRC_URI = "git://github.com/stevenhoneyman/l3afpad.git;branch=master;protocol=https"
 
-   PV = "1.0.0+1.1+git${SRCPV}"
-   SRCREV = "af5a49e489fdc04b9cf02547650d7aeaccd43793"
+   PV = "0.8.18.1.11+git"
+   SRCREV ="3cdccdc9505643e50f8208171d9eee5de11a42ff"
 
 If your :term:`SRC_URI` statement includes URLs pointing to individual files
 fetched from a remote server other than a version control system,
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
index e5028fffdc..33cf78747d 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ the following:
 
 -  :term:`PR`: The recipe revision.
 
--  :term:`SRCPV`: The OpenEmbedded
-   build system uses this string to help define the value of :term:`PV` when
-   the source code revision needs to be included in it.
-
 -  :yocto_wiki:`PR Service </PR_Service>`: A
    network-based service that helps automate keeping package feeds
    compatible with existing package manager applications such as RPM,
@@ -256,15 +252,14 @@ the software::
 
    SRCREV = "${AUTOREV}"
 
-Furthermore, you need to reference :term:`SRCPV` in :term:`PV` in order to
+Furthermore, you need to include a ``+`` sign in :term:`PV` in order to
 automatically update the version whenever the revision of the source
 code changes. Here is an example::
 
-   PV = "1.0+git${SRCPV}"
-
-The OpenEmbedded build system substitutes :term:`SRCPV` with the following:
+   PV = "1.0+git"
 
-.. code-block:: none
+The OpenEmbedded build system will automatically add the source control
+information to the end of the variable :term:`PKGV`, in this format::
 
    AUTOINC+source_code_revision
 
diff --git a/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst b/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst
index fda41694dc..28ef3b22c3 100644
--- a/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst
+++ b/documentation/kernel-dev/common.rst
@@ -1562,16 +1562,9 @@ Here are some basic steps you can use to work with your own sources:
       changed.
 
    -  :term:`PV`: The default :term:`PV`
-      assignment is typically adequate. It combines the
-      :term:`LINUX_VERSION` with the Source Control Manager (SCM) revision
-      as derived from the :term:`SRCPV`
-      variable. The combined results are a string with the following
-      form::
-
-         3.19.11+git1+68a635bf8dfb64b02263c1ac80c948647cc76d5f_1+218bd8d2022b9852c60d32f0d770931e3cf343e2
-
-      While lengthy, the extra verbosity in :term:`PV` helps ensure you are
-      using the exact sources from which you intend to build.
+      assignment is typically adequate. It combines the value of
+      :term:`LINUX_VERSION` and the value ``+git`` which adds source control
+      information to :term:`PKGV` later during the packaging phase.
 
    -  :term:`COMPATIBLE_MACHINE`:
       A list of the machines supported by your new recipe. This variable
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 1eee617d59..e8db89f8c9 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -209,12 +209,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          SRCREV = "${AUTOREV}"
 
       If you use the previous statement to retrieve the latest version of
-      software, you need to be sure :term:`PV` contains
-      ``${``\ :term:`SRCPV`\ ``}``. For example, suppose you have a kernel
-      recipe that inherits the :ref:`ref-classes-kernel` class and you
-      use the previous statement. In this example, ``${SRCPV}`` does not
-      automatically get into :term:`PV`. Consequently, you need to change
-      :term:`PV` in your recipe so that it does contain ``${SRCPV}``.
+      software, you need to make sure :term:`PV` contains the ``+`` sign so
+      :term:`bitbake` includes source control information to :term:`PKGV` when
+      packaging the recipe. For example::
+
+         PV = "6.10.y+git"
 
       For more information see the
       ":ref:`dev-manual/packages:automatically incrementing a package version number`"
@@ -5157,7 +5156,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       The :term:`LINUX_VERSION` variable is used to define :term:`PV`
       for the recipe::
 
-         PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
+         PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git"
 
    :term:`LINUX_VERSION_EXTENSION`
       A string extension compiled into the version string of the Linux
@@ -6720,22 +6719,14 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          string. You cannot use the wildcard character in any other
          location of the string.
 
-      The specified version is matched against :term:`PV`, which
-      does not necessarily match the version part of the recipe's filename.
-      For example, consider two recipes ``foo_1.2.bb`` and ``foo_git.bb``
-      where ``foo_git.bb`` contains the following assignment::
-
-         PV = "1.1+git${SRCPV}"
-
-      In this case, the correct way to select
-      ``foo_git.bb`` is by using an assignment such as the following::
-
-         PREFERRED_VERSION_foo = "1.1+git%"
+      The specified version is matched against :term:`PV`, which does not
+      necessarily match the version part of the recipe's filename.
 
-      Compare that previous example
-      against the following incorrect example, which does not work::
-
-         PREFERRED_VERSION_foo = "git"
+      If you want to select a recipe named ``foo_git.bb`` which has :term:`PV`
+      set to ``1.2.3+git``, you can do so by setting ```PREFERRED_VERSION_foo``
+      to ``1.2.3%`` (i.e. simply setting ``PREFERRED_VERSION_foo`` to ``git``
+      will not work as the name of the recipe isn't used, but rather its
+      :term:`PV` definition).
 
       Sometimes the :term:`PREFERRED_VERSION` variable can be set by
       configuration files in a way that is hard to change. You can use
@@ -8321,21 +8312,23 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       (SCM).
 
    :term:`SRCPV`
-      Returns the version string of the current package. This string is
-      used to help define the value of :term:`PV`.
+      The variable :term:`SRCPV` is deprecated. It was previously used to
+      include source control information in :term:`PV` for :term:`bitbake` to
+      work correctly but this is no longer a requirement. Source control
+      information will be automatically included by :term:`bitbake` in the
+      variable :term:`PKGV` during packaging if the ``+`` sign is present in
+      :term:`PV`.
 
-      The :term:`SRCPV` variable is defined in the ``meta/conf/bitbake.conf``
-      configuration file in the :term:`Source Directory` as
-      follows::
+      .. note::
 
-         SRCPV = "${@bb.fetch2.get_srcrev(d)}"
+         The :term:`SRCPV` variable used to be defined in the
+         ``meta/conf/bitbake.conf`` configuration file in the :term:`Source
+         Directory` as follows::
 
-      Recipes that need to define :term:`PV` do so with the help of the
-      :term:`SRCPV`. For example, the ``ofono`` recipe (``ofono_git.bb``)
-      located in ``meta/recipes-connectivity`` in the Source Directory
-      defines :term:`PV` as follows::
+            SRCPV = "${@bb.fetch2.get_srcrev(d)}"
 
-         PV = "0.12-git${SRCPV}"
+         The ``get_srcrev`` function can still be used to include source control
+         information in variables manually.
 
    :term:`SRCREV`
       The revision of the source code used to build the package. This