[PATCH] ref-manual: remove mention of obsolete devtool "--any-recipe" option

[PATCH] ref-manual: remove mention of obsolete devtool "--any-recipe" option

[Robert P. J. Day]

Running "devtool edit-recipe -h" produces, in part, the output:

  --any-recipe, -a  Does nothing (exists for backwards-compatibility)

so it seems of little value to continue referring to it.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst
index 1862c481d..6bbbd1a91 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst
@@ -284,10 +284,7 @@ is identified using the ``EDITOR`` variable, on the specified recipe.
 When you use the ``devtool edit-recipe`` command, you must supply the
 root name of the recipe (i.e. no version, paths, or extensions). Also,
 the recipe file itself must reside in the workspace as a result of the
-``devtool add`` or ``devtool upgrade`` commands. However, you can
-override that requirement by using the "-a" or "--any-recipe" option.
-Using either of these options allows you to edit any recipe regardless
-of its location.
+``devtool add`` or ``devtool upgrade`` commands.

 .. _devtool-updating-a-recipe:


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Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: remove mention of obsolete devtool "--any-recipe" option

[Michael Opdenacker]

Hi Robert,

On 9/6/21 9:12 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> Running "devtool edit-recipe -h" produces, in part, the output:
>
>   --any-recipe, -a  Does nothing (exists for backwards-compatibility)
>
> so it seems of little value to continue referring to it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
>
> ---
>
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst
> index 1862c481d..6bbbd1a91 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/devtool-reference.rst
> @@ -284,10 +284,7 @@ is identified using the ``EDITOR`` variable, on the specified recipe.
>  When you use the ``devtool edit-recipe`` command, you must supply the
>  root name of the recipe (i.e. no version, paths, or extensions). Also,
>  the recipe file itself must reside in the workspace as a result of the
> -``devtool add`` or ``devtool upgrade`` commands. However, you can
> -override that requirement by using the "-a" or "--any-recipe" option.
> -Using either of these options allows you to edit any recipe regardless
> -of its location.
> +``devtool add`` or ``devtool upgrade`` commands.
>
>  .. _devtool-updating-a-recipe:
>

Thanks for the patch!
Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
and merged into "master-next".

Cheers,
Michael.

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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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