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

[Scott Rifenbark]

oops... will it hurt it to be in Rocko?


On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Joshua Watt <jpewhacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scott,
>
> This documentation update is not needed for Rocko, the corresponding code
> change is only on master. Sorry if there was some confusion
>
> Thanks,
> Joshua Watt
>
> On Wed, 2018-03-28 at 10:53 -0700, Scott Rifenbark wrote:
>
> Joshua,
>
> Thanks for the addition.  I have implemented the change.  You can see the
> change at https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.5/ref-manual/ref-
> manual.html#var-SIGGEN_EXCLUDE_SAFE_RECIPE_DEPS.  I will back-fill into
> the 'rocko' development branch of the manuals.
>
> Scott
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Joshua Watt <jpewhacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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