ref-manual: Edits to PREFERRED_VERSION variable.

(From yocto-docs rev: 50f1aeb1d275bc77d3867f488fafb99fea9b28ec)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2013-03-28 11:45:03 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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@ -2676,9 +2676,11 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<para>
If there are multiple versions of recipes available, this
variable determines which recipe should be given preference.
The variable must always be suffixed with the <filename>PN</filename>
for which to select, and should be set to the
<filename>PV</filename> to which you want to give precedence.
You must always suffix the variable with the
<link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link>
you want to select, and you should set to the
<link linkend='var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></link>
accordingly for precedence.
You can use the "<filename>%</filename>" character as a wildcard
to match any number of characters, which can be useful when
specifying versions that contain long revision number that could