[bitbake-devel] confused by explanation of OVERRIDES in BB user manual

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 6 Feb 2020, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>
>   section 3.3.1:
>
>      OVERRIDES = "architecture:os:machine"
>      TEST = "default"
>      TEST_os = "osspecific"
>      TEST_nooverride = "othercondvalue"   <----- ?????
>
> 'In this example, the OVERRIDES variable lists three overrides:
> "architecture", "os", and "machine". The variable TEST by itself has a
> default value of "default". You select the os-specific version of the
> TEST variable by appending the "os" override to the variable
> (i.e.TEST_os).'
>
>   what is the meaning of that line above with "nooverride"? i don't
> recall that in earlier versions of the manual, and it doesn't seem to
> be explained underneath it.

  never mind, i see what that example is trying to say, but it takes a
couple reads for it to be clear.

rday