From 51bdf3ba5f229f2a6ff60661b82912bb95591381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:04:51 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Review edits to the AUTOREV variable. Fixes [YOCTO #7306] Some review updates to have better wording. (From yocto-docs rev: 6f2d10c87128934958295111d10e038689fd94d3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 582f528ca0..84c5295046 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -408,18 +408,20 @@ - If you use the previous statement to inherit the latest + If you use the previous statement to retrieve the latest version of software, you need to be sure PV contains ${SRCPV}. - For example, suppose you have a kernel recipe that needs - to inherit the latest kernel and you use the previous - statement. + For example, suppose you have a kernel recipe that + inherits the + kernel class + and you use the previous statement. In this example, ${SRCPV} does not - get into PV. + automatically get into PV. Consequently, you need to change PV - so that it does contain ${SRCPV}. + in your recipe so that it does contain + ${SRCPV}.