[oe] What is `PE` used for?

[pHilipp Zabel]

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Paul Menzel
<paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Dear OE folks,
>
>
> in [1] there is »PE = "1"«.
>
> I could not find `${PE}` in the user manual and searching for »"${pe}
> openembedded« did not work either.

It's the package "epoch" as described in the Debian Policy Manual:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version

It really seems to be missing from the documentation.

best regards
Philipp