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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2014-07-09 14:59:47 +0300 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-07-21 11:00:35 +0100 |
| commit | 877c4c9a466e26953abd6fe416c2cba092607dac (patch) | |
| tree | c9816fa5d4fdead03b268e0d5358191b405b6d83 /doc | |
| parent | 8ff1b363df74f7e48da67fce9cf6b7e868c5e28e (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-contrib-877c4c9a466e26953abd6fe416c2cba092607dac.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml: Edits to some operators
Added wording to clearly state immediate or delayed application
for various operators.
Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index a10a66001..b8a77e1fa 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ using the "+=" and "=+" operators. These operators insert a space between the current value and prepended or appended value. + </para> + + <para> + These operators take immediate effect during parsing. Here are some examples: <literallayout class='monospaced'> B = "bval" @@ -178,6 +182,10 @@ <para> If you want to append or prepend values without an inserted space, use the ".=" and "=." operators. + </para> + + <para> + These operators take immediate effect during parsing. Here are some examples: <literallayout class='monospaced'> B = "bval" @@ -198,6 +206,13 @@ You can also append and prepend a variable's value using an override style syntax. When you use this syntax, no spaces are inserted. + </para> + + <para> + These operators differ from the ":=", ".=", "=.", "+=", and "=+" + operators in that their effects are deferred + until after parsing completes rather than being immediately + applied. Here are some examples: <literallayout class='monospaced'> B = "bval" @@ -217,13 +232,6 @@ override syntax. </note> </para> - - <para> - The operators "_append" and "_prepend" differ from - the operators ".=" and "=." in that they are deferred - until after parsing completes rather than being immediately - applied. - </para> </section> <section id='removing-override-style-syntax'> |