From eb84088b6eebcc406c6131fa7035d8aa05cb7dc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggleton Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 10:35:10 -0700 Subject: ref-manual, dev-manual, bsp-guide: Applied Paul Eggleton Build history patch 4 of 5. * BBFILES should be appended to with += * BBPATH should be appended to with .= * Immediate expansion is not necessary for BBFILE_PRIORITY * Immediate expansion is not necessary for references in layer.conf to LAYERDIR since these are automatically expanded at the end of parsing the file (and have been for some time). * Add collection name override to BBFILE_PRIORITY example * Fix comments referring to old structure ("packages directory" or "recipes directory") (From yocto-docs rev: 0aaac8f5ad97c802ebe1d4f3ffb7987050533292) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index acb1446386..258b13efde 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -1869,10 +1869,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" When used inside the layer.conf configuration file, this variable provides the path of the current layer. - This variable requires immediate expansion - (see the BitBake manual) as lazy expansion can result in - the expansion happening in the wrong directory and therefore - giving the wrong value. + This variable is not available outside of layer.conf + and references are expanded immediately when parsing of the file completes. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf