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Subject: Re: preferred version not available
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On 07/19/11 11:53, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 July 2011 08:20:00 Detlef Vollmann wrote:
>> On 07/18/11 23:05, Chris Larson wrote:
>>> All variables which are typically set by the filename can be
>>> overridden. Those are simply defaults. See the definitions of PN, PV,
>>> and PR in bitbake.conf.
>>
>> Yes, I knew that (I actually wrote the line changing the PV myself).
>> What surprised me (though it makes sense) that PREFERRED_VERSION
>> refers to PV, and not directly to a part of the filename.
>> It's probably still too much of 'make' history in my brain...
>
> I wonder if it would make sense to add something to the error message that
> also lists the available versions? Then it would be a little more obvious what
> you need to set PREFERRED_VERSION to.
That would be great.
And while we are in wishlist mode ;-) :
With a high enough debug level (I think 2), you'll get a list of
providers for a specific target.
To get also a list of versions for a specific package (PN), would
be really helpful.

   Detlef