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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Updates to variable wildcard support.

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Fixes [YOCTO #12390]

Applied some fixes to the variable wildcard support documentation
in the BitBake manual.  Wording changes and changes to make links
referencing Python syntax go to version 3 rather than version 2.

(Bitbake rev: 0cfc71d1a342b82781b0ba547421e41f6340902a)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2018-10-24 16:11:03 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 8c0a94129e
commit 2520246d67
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bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
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</para>
</section>
<section id='wildcard-support'>
<title>Wildcard Support</title>
<section id='wildcard-support-in-variables'>
<title>Wildcard Support in Variables</title>
<para>
Support for wildcard use varies depending on the context in
which it is used.
Support for wildcard use in variables varies depending on the
context in which it is used.
For example, some variables and file names allow limited use of
wildcards through the "<filename>%</filename>" and
"<filename>*</filename>" characters.
Other variables or names support Python's
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/2/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink>
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink>
syntax,
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/2/library/fnmatch.html#module-fnmatch'><filename>fnmatch</filename></ulink>
syntax, or Regular Expression (re) syntax.
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html#module-fnmatch'><filename>fnmatch</filename></ulink>
syntax, or
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re'><filename>Regular Expression (re)</filename></ulink>
syntax.
</para>
<para>
When a particular variable's list of filenames or filenames
in general used by BitBake or a build system
based on BitBake support the use of wildcards, the
documentation describes its use and limitations.
For variables that have wildcard suport, the
documentation describes which form of wildcard, its
use, and its limitations.
</para>
</section>
bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
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@@ -126,11 +126,18 @@
BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS = "*.gnu.org"
</literallayout>
<note><title>Important</title>
The use of the "<filename>*</filename>"
<para>The use of the "<filename>*</filename>"
character only works at the beginning of
a host name.
a host name and it must be isolated from
the remainder of the host name.
You cannot use the wildcard character in any
other location of the name.
other location of the name or combined with
the front part of the name.</para>
<para>For example,
<filename>*.foo.bar</filename> is supported,
while <filename>*aa.foo.bar</filename> is not.
</para>
</note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@@ -1098,7 +1105,7 @@
<para>
When specifying recipe files, you can pattern match using
Python's
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/2/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink>
<ulink url='https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink>
syntax.
For details on the syntax, see the documentation by
following the previous link.
@@ -1198,7 +1205,7 @@
the files.
For complete syntax information, see Python's
documentation at
<ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/re-syntax.html'></ulink>.
<ulink url='http://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re'></ulink>.
</para>
<para>