Bug 10445

Summary: RDEPENDS doc should cross-reference EXTENDPKGV
Product: [Documentation] BitBake User Manual Reporter: Yann Dirson <ydirson>
Component: bitbake-manualAssignee: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Medium CC: bluelightning, srifenbark
Version: 2.2   
Target Milestone: 2.3 M1   
Hardware: All   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard: 08 Nov 2016: RESOLVED
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: Done (doc changes complete)

Description Yann Dirson 2016-10-17 14:42:29 UTC
EXTENDPKGV is hard to find, and would be useful to mention where RDEPENDS is explained, which seems to be bitbake-user-manual.html#var-RDEPENDS
Comment 1 Scott Rifenbark 2016-10-19 15:45:41 UTC
Hi, 

So there is an example at the bottom of the RDEPENDS variable description in the ref-manual.  I have modified that part to mention EXTENDPKGV as a way to provide the version.  See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.2/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-RDEPENDS and let me know if this fixes things up for you. 

Also, we don't document EXTENDPKGV in the BitBake manual.  I am guessing we probably need to have EXTENDPKGV in the BB manual.  Copying Paul Eggleton here to find out.

Thanks, 
Scott
Comment 2 Paul Eggleton 2016-10-19 19:21:22 UTC
We definitely do not want EXTENDPKGV or any reference to it in the bitbake manual. EXTENDPKGV only exists on the OE side, BitBake itself knows nothing about it.
Comment 3 Scott Rifenbark 2016-10-21 20:15:29 UTC
Paul, 

We are good on that then... no occurrences of EXTENDPKGV in the BB manual.

scott
Comment 4 Scott Rifenbark 2016-11-08 17:35:38 UTC
No further feedback.  I am setting to RESOLVED and putting the doc flag to "done."

Scott