From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpanel8.indieserve.net (cpanel8.indieserve.net [199.212.143.3]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web09.14088.1630309930124477770 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:52:10 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=missing; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.3, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.sdns.net.rogers.com ([174.114.107.13]:37194 helo=fedora) by cpanel8.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mKc5Q-0004qY-BR for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Mon, 30 Aug 2021 03:52:08 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 03:52:05 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: OE Core mailing list Subject: why "PREFERRED_PROVIDER_udev" and not "PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/udev"? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel8.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.openembedded.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel8.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel8.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII i was going to extend section 3.3.17, "Using Virtual Providers", with an intro example using "udev" until i realized that that example doesn't use the "virtual/" notation. so ... why not? is there some distinction between other components that use the "virtual/" prefix, but a reason that one does not specify: PROVIDES = "virtual/udev" rather than just: PROVIDES = "udev" and then use the corresponding PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/udev notation? rday