From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F04DE004DD for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:19:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Sep 2011 07:19:56 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,351,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="57060580" Received: from unknown (HELO helios.localnet) ([10.252.120.163]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 27 Sep 2011 07:19:55 -0700 From: Paul Eggleton To: Gary Thomas Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:19:54 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.6 (Linux/2.6.38-10-generic-pae; KDE/4.6.2; i686; ; ) References: <4E81C907.8080407@mlbassoc.com> <1317129087.26109.148.camel@ted> <4E81CD46.4070807@mlbassoc.com> In-Reply-To: <4E81CD46.4070807@mlbassoc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201109271519.54267.paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com> Cc: poky@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: Crazy versioning X-BeenThere: poky@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Poky build system developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:19:56 -0000 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Gary, On Tuesday 27 September 2011 14:19:02 Gary Thomas wrote: > I gave a cursory look in the documentation (both Yocto & bitbake) and > I didn't see an explanation of this. There's a single reference > ../documentation/bsp-guide/bsp.xml: PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto = > "3.0%" but nothing that explains it. FYI I have sent Scott R some additions to the variable reference in the manual that will mention the % wildcard and give an example. Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre