From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id 73F99E006C4; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:57:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no * trust * [208.80.204.85 listed in list.dnswl.org] * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] Received: from smtp485.redcondor.net (smtp485.redcondor.net [208.80.204.85]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A14CE003C1 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:57:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]) by smtp485.redcondor.net ({3be039ea-4351-44b0-a8af-642c38b25916}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTPS id 20140725175726737 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:57:26 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from [24.211.139.253] (port=33963 helo=crashcourse.ca) by astoria.ccjclearline.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XAjk9-0002wG-CA for yocto@yoctoproject.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:57:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:57:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Yocto discussion list Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (LFD 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-MAG-OUTBOUND: ccj.redcondor.net@64.235.106.9/32 Subject: [yocto-dosc][PATCH] dev-manual: Mention wildcard bbappends, grammar fix. X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 17:57:44 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 434a7d1..0f7708e 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -511,6 +511,10 @@ Information in append files overrides the information in the similarly-named recipe file. For an example of an append file in use, see the "Using .bbappend Files" section. + + Append files can also use wildcard patterns in their version numbers + so they can be applied to more than one version of the underlying recipe file. + BitBake: The task executor and scheduler used by the OpenEmbedded build @@ -686,7 +690,7 @@ This Metadata is found in the meta directory of the Source Directory. Package: - In the context of the Yocto Project, this term refers a + In the context of the Yocto Project, this term refers to a recipe's packaged output produced by BitBake (i.e. a "baked recipe"). A package is generally the compiled binaries produced from the -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================