From 28144187dac0bb38d6a34e9b2640fb9f4dce6e10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:39:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Added the version-going-backwards test to insane Added this new test to the insane.bbclass section. Also put in a reference in the migration section back to the new entry. (From yocto-docs rev: 32e25547b439030b93d9bc72bdce916eded518b4) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml | 3 +++ documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 15 +++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml index af7eed3892..83e5db3cd3 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml @@ -683,6 +683,9 @@ this check performed, you should add "version-going-backwards" to your value for one or the other variables depending on how you wish it to be handled. + See the documented QA checks in the + "insane.bbclass" + section. diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml index 83d4c1bf85..2743059c0c 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml @@ -797,6 +797,21 @@ perms: Currently, this check is unused but reserved. + version-going-backwards: + If Build History is enabled, reports when a package + being written out has a lower version than the previously + written package under the same name. + If you are placing output packages into a feed and + upgrading packages on a target system using that feed, the + version of a package going backwards can result in the target + system not correctly upgrading to the "new" version of the + package. + + If you are not using runtime package management on your + target system, then you do not need to worry about + this situation. + +