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On 2011-09-27 08:19, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> 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.

Thanks :-)

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