From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48DC1EB48E8 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-04.galae.net (smtpout-04.galae.net [185.171.202.116]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.41642.1770886190715906991 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:49:51 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=dkim header.b=0Vq1wZcU; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 185.171.202.116, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-04.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44B40C23D90 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:49:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1BBB7606CA; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:49:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 116BB119714E9; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:49:45 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1770886187; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=BUua2cunn4P7bxLxTnUli0TClKXDNmt3virjB94rN1s=; b=0Vq1wZcUzUCkkGCcHrFHXtHUfmf1dUPh7uOr5ZP4x5/BSluv8hhkmoIUpFdTxdJPXi0tz4 /hAJzg/bneOVyGWXqq4G4fh/4W2zNlH5+n9nZI8d+MeTMeis3l9QZVhFJoZkUhTWcUooV2 cdi6uvZfWZrQH6s9BMIUeTzh9myxb2wdERbPcqfLOKYf3cteMceAmpcdP2PdMzFCEuOd+B UJDHGH88lx5lbTDFKbwANNx74ed+8zg0FJuAV+5dcZzeuGtdJffCl+nboIDfcnYwDset7n kwePvEgXp67dyg2OxRx5hVjvjTMCs/yPHnDImrtrOuXHke6BawSTmVNWb+RW3w== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:49:45 +0100 Message-Id: From: "Antonin Godard" To: , Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH 1/4] doc: bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables: clarify BBMASK directory matching Cc: "Robert P. J. Day" , , "Quentin Schulz" References: <20260211-bbmask-slashes-v1-0-b72161c647ef@cherry.de> <20260211-bbmask-slashes-v1-1-b72161c647ef@cherry.de> In-Reply-To: <20260211-bbmask-slashes-v1-1-b72161c647ef@cherry.de> X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:49:53 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/8900 Hi, On Wed Feb 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM CET, Quentin Schulz via lists.yoctoproject.o= rg wrote: > From: Quentin Schulz > > BBMASK matches files in the directories matching the regex, and also in > their respective subdirectories, so make that clear in the wording > leading to the example. > > Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz > --- > doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rs= t b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst > index 4b3b10d46..18bbd638d 100644 > --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst > +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst > @@ -1051,8 +1051,8 @@ overview of their function and contents. > documentation at http://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html. > =20 > The following example uses a complete regular expression to tell > - BitBake to ignore all recipe and recipe append files in the > - ``meta-ti/recipes-misc/`` directory:: > + BitBake to ignore all recipe and recipe append files in > + ``meta-ti/recipes-misc/`` directories (and their subdirectories):: If I follow: this will mask multiple occurrences "meta-ti/recipes-misc/". H= ow could there be more than one in practice? How could this ever happen? Wouldn't: """ The following example uses a complete regular expression to tell BitBake to ignore all recipe and recipe append files in the ``meta-ti/recipes-misc/`` directory and its subdirectories:: """ be less confusing? Antonin