[OE-core] [RFC 2/3] ref-manual: Update SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS
Joshua Watt
jpewhacker at gmail.com
Tue Feb 27 22:47:52 UTC 2018
Describes the new wildcard syntax in the documentation
Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker at gmail.com>
---
documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 137a556d929..c5db057174b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -12635,6 +12635,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<filename>mplayer2</filename>.
</para>
+ <para>
+ The special token <filename>"*"</filename> may be used on
+ the left hand side of the dependency, which has the special
+ meaning "all other recipes, except the one on the right hand
+ side.
+ For example:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS += "*->quilt-native"
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ In this example, all recipes except
+ <filename>quilt-native</filename> will ignore task
+ signatures from the <filename>quilt-native</filename> recipe
+ when determining their task signatures.
+ </para>
+
<para>
Use of this variable is one mechanism to remove dependencies
that affect task signatures and thus force rebuilds when a
--
2.14.3
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