| Message ID | 20220307163354.531374-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted, archived |
| Commit | b12d4fe049c80fa6b042d5cd852b4d602221321d |
| Headers | show |
| Series | bitbake-user-manual: update allowed characters in overrides | expand |
Hi Michael, On 3/7/22 17:33, Michael Opdenacker via lists.openembedded.org wrote: > Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> > --- > > An open question is whether digits and/or hashes are I assume the question is about dashes (same question for underscores BTW). > allowed at the begining of an override keyword. > Will be happy to send a V2 to explicit this if needed. > > doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst > index b90e5cf0..104dcb6c 100644 > --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst > +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst > @@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ variable. > > .. note:: > > - Overrides can only use lower-case characters. Additionally, > - colons are not permitted in override names as they are used to > + Overrides can only use lower-case characters, digits and dashes. and underscores too! Cheers, Quentin
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst index b90e5cf0..104dcb6c 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst @@ -510,8 +510,8 @@ variable. .. note:: - Overrides can only use lower-case characters. Additionally, - colons are not permitted in override names as they are used to + Overrides can only use lower-case characters, digits and dashes. + In particular, colons are not permitted in override names as they are used to separate overrides from each other and from the variable name. - *Selecting a Variable:* The :term:`OVERRIDES` variable is a
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> --- An open question is whether digits and/or hashes are allowed at the begining of an override keyword. Will be happy to send a V2 to explicit this if needed. doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)