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    <bug>
          <bug_id>9147</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2016-02-21 20:46:12 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>Add expand() function to python datastore variable function list</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2016-02-23 18:09:33 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>9</classification_id>
          <classification>Documentation</classification>
          <product>BitBake User Manual</product>
          <component>bitbake-manual</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>x86</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>Multiple</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>FIXED</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc></bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard>23 Feb 2016: RESOLVED</status_whiteboard>
          <keywords></keywords>
          <priority>Undecided</priority>
          <bug_severity>enhancement</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>2.1 M4</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="Paul Eggleton">bluelightning</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Scott Rifenbark">srifenbark</assigned_to>
          <cc>igor.stoppa</cc>
    
    <cc>srifenbark</cc>
          
          
          <cf_os>---</cf_os>
          <cf_regression_type>---</cf_regression_type>
          
          <cf_docchange>Done (doc changes complete)</cf_docchange>

      

      

      

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    <commentid>59316</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="Paul Eggleton">bluelightning</who>
    <bug_when>2016-02-21 20:46:12 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>One function that&apos;s missing from the &quot;Accessing Datastore Variables Using Python&quot; section of the BitBake manual is expand(). Please add the following entry, probably at the end:

d.expand(expression)   Expands variable references in the specified string expression</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>59394</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Scott Rifenbark">srifenbark</who>
    <bug_when>2016-02-23 17:34:43 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Paul,

See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual.html#accessing-datastore-variables-using-python.

Thanks,
Scott</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>59395</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="Paul Eggleton">bluelightning</who>
    <bug_when>2016-02-23 17:40:28 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Looks good, thanks.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>59397</commentid>
    <comment_count>3</comment_count>
    <who name="Scott Rifenbark">srifenbark</who>
    <bug_when>2016-02-23 17:42:46 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Changing state to RESOLVED and setting the doc flag to &quot;done.&quot;</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>59404</commentid>
    <comment_count>4</comment_count>
    <who name="Scott Rifenbark">srifenbark</who>
    <bug_when>2016-02-23 18:09:33 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>*** Bug 9068 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***</thetext>
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    </bug>

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