From: "Simon A. Eugster" <simon.eu@gmail.com>
To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
Cc: "Simon A. Eugster" <simon.eu@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] bitbake: doc: suffix for BBFILE_PRIORITY
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:38:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240920113819.2845816-2-simon.eu@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240920113819.2845816-1-simon.eu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon A. Eugster <simon.eu@gmail.com>
---
.../bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 899e584f91..c203531f51 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -766,6 +766,10 @@ overview of their function and contents.
:term:`BBFILE_PRIORITY`
Assigns the priority for recipe files in each layer.
+ This variable is used in the ``conf/layer.conf`` file and must be
+ suffixed with a `_` followed by the name of the specific layer (e.g.
+ ``BBFILE_PRIORITY_emenlow``). Colon as separator is not supported.
+
This variable is useful in situations where the same recipe appears
in more than one layer. Setting this variable allows you to
prioritize a layer against other layers that contain the same recipe
@@ -780,7 +784,7 @@ overview of their function and contents.
higher precedence. For example, the value 6 has a higher precedence
than the value 5. If not specified, the :term:`BBFILE_PRIORITY` variable
is set based on layer dependencies (see the :term:`LAYERDEPENDS` variable
- for more information. The default priority, if unspecified for a
+ for more information). The default priority, if unspecified for a
layer with no dependencies, is the lowest defined priority + 1 (or 1
if no priorities are defined).
--
2.43.0
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2024-09-20 11:38 [PATCH 0/1] Clarify that _ and not : is used for suffixing the variable name Simon A. Eugster
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2024-09-20 12:40 [PATCH 0/1] Clarify that _ and not : is used for suffixing the variable name Simon A. Eugster
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