[oe] preferred version not available

[Paul Eggleton]

On Tuesday 19 July 2011 08:20:00 Detlef Vollmann wrote:
> On 07/18/11 23:05, Chris Larson wrote:
> > All variables which are typically set by the filename can be
> > overridden. Those are simply defaults. See the definitions of PN, PV,
> > and PR in bitbake.conf.
> 
> Yes, I knew that (I actually wrote the line changing the PV myself).
> What surprised me (though it makes sense) that PREFERRED_VERSION
> refers to PV, and not directly to a part of the filename.
> It's probably still too much of 'make' history in my brain...

I wonder if it would make sense to add something to the error message that 
also lists the available versions? Then it would be a little more obvious what 
you need to set PREFERRED_VERSION to.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre