[OE-core] [PATCH] ref-manual: Update SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS

Joshua Watt jpewhacker at gmail.com
Wed Mar 21 20:33:01 UTC 2018


Describes the new wildcard syntax

Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker at gmail.com>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 09eb9b9dfc7..58a58b0605e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -12648,6 +12648,23 @@ 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 will match all
+                    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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