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dev-manual: Added check-upgrade-status blurb to upgrading recipes

The section "Upgrading Recipes" covers several ways of
upgrading a recipe.  I added some stuff in the introductory
area that mentions the fact a user might want to check
the upgrade status of a recipe first.

(From yocto-docs rev: 6747335d429b58251642c6b82d7725b0fe3e686e)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2019-05-28 18:38:23 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent cca5eb8ec3
commit 45115e603f
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built by layer recipes. built by layer recipes.
It is recommended to keep recipes up-to-date with upstream It is recommended to keep recipes up-to-date with upstream
version releases. version releases.
</para>
<para>
While several methods exist that allow you upgrade a recipe,
you might consider checking on the upgrade status of a recipe
first.
You can do so using the
<filename>devtool check-upgrade-status</filename> command.
See the
"<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#devtool-checking-on-the-upgrade-status-of-a-recipe'>Checking on the Upgrade Status of a Recipe</ulink>"
section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual for more information.
</para>
<para>
The remainder of this section describes three ways you can
upgrade a recipe.
You can use the Automated Upgrade Helper (AUH) to set up You can use the Automated Upgrade Helper (AUH) to set up
automatic version upgrades. automatic version upgrades.
Alternatively, you can use <filename>devtool upgrade</filename> Alternatively, you can use <filename>devtool upgrade</filename>
to set up semi-automatic version upgrades. to set up semi-automatic version upgrades.
Finally, you can even manually upgrade a recipe by editing the Finally, you can manually upgrade a recipe by editing the
recipe itself. recipe itself.
</para> </para>