Bug 12407 - PREFERRED_VERSION '%' syntax not documented
Summary: PREFERRED_VERSION '%' syntax not documented
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: BitBake
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bitbake (show other bugs)
Version: 2.5
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium+ normal
Target Milestone: 4.99
Assignee: Richard Purdie
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Reported: 2017-12-07 15:47 UTC by Richard Purdie
Modified: 2018-10-18 12:52 UTC (History)
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Description Richard Purdie 2017-12-07 15:47:41 UTC 
We need to document usage of '%' in PREFERRED_VERSION.
Comment 1 Praveen Muthusamy 2018-03-04 23:03:28 UTC 
I can find basic usage of '%' in PREFERRED_VERSION in bitbake user manual
https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.4.1/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual.html