Re: [docs] [PATCH] bitbake: doc: bitbake-user-manual: Add more explanations to OVERRIDES

[Simon Eugster <simon.eu@gmail.com>]

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Hi Michael,

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 7:11 PM Michael Opdenacker <
michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> wrote:

> Hi Simon,
>
> Thanks for the patch update. See my comments below.
>
> On 3/29/22 16:37, Simon A. Eugster wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Simon A. Eugster <simon.eu@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  .../bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst          | 26 ++++++++++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
> b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
> > index ea42d77c..7d7d99c2 100644
> > --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
> > +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
> > @@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ It is also possible to append and prepend to shell
> functions and
> >  BitBake-style Python functions. See the
> ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:shell functions`"
> and ":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:bitbake-style
> python functions`"
> >  sections for examples.
> >
> > +.. note::
> > +
> > +   Before Honister (3.4), override style used ``_`` instead of ``:``,
> so you will
> > +   still find a lot of documentation using “_append”, “_prepend”, and
> > +   “_remove”.
> > +
> >  .. _removing-override-style-syntax:
> >
> >  Removal (Override Style Syntax)
>
>
> As discussed previously, we already have such as statement elsewhere in
> the same file (currently:
>
> https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/tree/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst#n590
> ).
>

Sorry, not sure how that slipped into the patch again, I had previously
removed it. Should be fixed now! :)

(Would be a bit easier with MRs on something like GitLab O:-))

Thanks and sorry for the countless retries,
Simon

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