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* [PATCH] fix a typo in usermanual on lazy default
@ 2010-11-19  4:40 Qing He
  2010-11-19 22:38 ` Saul Wold
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Qing He @ 2010-11-19  4:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: poky

"??= ... is a lazy version of ??=", the second should be ?=

Signed-off-by: Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>

---
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
index 748ac31..2b7a0b5 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ share common metadata between many packages.</para></listitem>
                 <title>Setting a default value (??=)</title>
                 <para><screen><varname>A</varname> ??= "somevalue"</screen></para>
                 <para><screen><varname>A</varname> ??= "someothervalue"</screen></para>
-                <para>If <varname>A</varname> is set before the above, it will retain that value.  If <varname>A</varname> is unset prior to the above, <varname>A</varname> will be set to <literal>someothervalue</literal>.  This is a lazy version of ??=, in that the assignment does not occur until the end of the parsing process, so that the last, rather than the first, ??= assignment to a given variable will be used.</para>
+                <para>If <varname>A</varname> is set before the above, it will retain that value.  If <varname>A</varname> is unset prior to the above, <varname>A</varname> will be set to <literal>someothervalue</literal>.  This is a lazy version of ?=, in that the assignment does not occur until the end of the parsing process, so that the last, rather than the first, ??= assignment to a given variable will be used.</para>
             </section>
             <section>
                 <title>Immediate variable expansion (:=)</title>


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* Re: [PATCH] fix a typo in usermanual on lazy default
  2010-11-19  4:40 [PATCH] fix a typo in usermanual on lazy default Qing He
@ 2010-11-19 22:38 ` Saul Wold
       [not found]   ` <DE8BA75F34A0404282AC5E15F691BC76910E@orsmsx504.amr.corp.intel.com>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Saul Wold @ 2010-11-19 22:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: poky, Rifenbark, Scott M

On 11/18/2010 08:40 PM, Qing He wrote:
> "??= ... is a lazy version of ??=", the second should be ?=
>
> Signed-off-by: Qing He<qing.he@intel.com>
>

Should all doc changes go through Scott R, and then into master that way?

Just checking on process.

Scott R: If you need help pulling changes let me know.

Sau!

> ---
> diff --git a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
> index 748ac31..2b7a0b5 100644
> --- a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
> +++ b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ share common metadata between many packages.</para></listitem>
>                   <title>Setting a default value (??=)</title>
>                   <para><screen><varname>A</varname>  ??= "somevalue"</screen></para>
>                   <para><screen><varname>A</varname>  ??= "someothervalue"</screen></para>
> -<para>If<varname>A</varname>  is set before the above, it will retain that value.  If<varname>A</varname>  is unset prior to the above,<varname>A</varname>  will be set to<literal>someothervalue</literal>.  This is a lazy version of ??=, in that the assignment does not occur until the end of the parsing process, so that the last, rather than the first, ??= assignment to a given variable will be used.</para>
> +<para>If<varname>A</varname>  is set before the above, it will retain that value.  If<varname>A</varname>  is unset prior to the above,<varname>A</varname>  will be set to<literal>someothervalue</literal>.  This is a lazy version of ?=, in that the assignment does not occur until the end of the parsing process, so that the last, rather than the first, ??= assignment to a given variable will be used.</para>
>               </section>
>               <section>
>                   <title>Immediate variable expansion (:=)</title>
> _______________________________________________
> poky mailing list
> poky@yoctoproject.org
> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/poky
>



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* Re: [PATCH] fix a typo in usermanual on lazy default
       [not found]   ` <DE8BA75F34A0404282AC5E15F691BC76910E@orsmsx504.amr.corp.intel.com>
@ 2010-12-02 18:53     ` Saul Wold
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Saul Wold @ 2010-12-02 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rifenbark, Scott M; +Cc: poky@yoctoproject.org

On 11/22/2010 07:22 AM, Rifenbark, Scott M wrote:
> Where is this documentation?  (/Bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml)
>
Scott, Qing

This would be a change that needs to be made to the upstream bitbake manual.

You could resend this patch to the  bitbake-dev@lists.berlios.de

Sau!



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wold, Saul
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 2:38 PM
> To: poky@yoctoproject.org; Rifenbark, Scott M
> Subject: Re: [poky] [PATCH] fix a typo in usermanual on lazy default
>
> On 11/18/2010 08:40 PM, Qing He wrote:
>> "??= ... is a lazy version of ??=", the second should be ?=
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Qing He<qing.he@intel.com>
>>
>
> Should all doc changes go through Scott R, and then into master that way?
>
> Just checking on process.
>
> Scott R: If you need help pulling changes let me know.
>
> Sau!
>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
>> index 748ac31..2b7a0b5 100644
>> --- a/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
>> +++ b/bitbake/doc/manual/usermanual.xml
>> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ share common metadata between many packages.</para></listitem>
>>                    <title>Setting a default value (??=)</title>
>>                    <para><screen><varname>A</varname>   ??= "somevalue"</screen></para>
>>                    <para><screen><varname>A</varname>   ??= "someothervalue"</screen></para>
>> -<para>If<varname>A</varname>   is set before the above, it will retain that value.  If<varname>A</varname>   is unset prior to the above,<varname>A</varname>   will be set to<literal>someothervalue</literal>.  This is a lazy version of ??=, in that the assignment does not occur until the end of the parsing process, so that the last, rather than the first, ??= assignment to a given variable will be used.</para>
>> +<para>If<varname>A</varname>   is set before the above, it will retain that value.  If<varname>A</varname>   is unset prior to the above,<varname>A</varname>   will be set to<literal>someothervalue</literal>.  This is a lazy version of ?=, in that the assignment does not occur until the end of the parsing process, so that the last, rather than the first, ??= assignment to a given variable will be used.</para>
>>                </section>
>>                <section>
>>                    <title>Immediate variable expansion (:=)</title>
>> _______________________________________________
>> poky mailing list
>> poky@yoctoproject.org
>> https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/poky
>>
>
>



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