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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml index cc09d3f8a..c573a521a 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/ref-terms.xml @@ -29,11 +29,31 @@ information in the similarly-named recipe file. For an example of an append file in use, see the "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#using-bbappend-files'>Using .bbappend Files in Your Layer</ulink>" - section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. - <note> - Append files can also use wildcard patterns in their - version numbers so they can be applied to more than one - version of the underlying recipe file. + section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.</para> + + <para>When you name an append file, you can use the + "<filename>%</filename>" wildcard character to allow for + matching recipe names. + For example, suppose you have an append file named as follows: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + busybox_1.21.%.bbappend + </literallayout> + That append file would match any + <filename>busybox_1.21.</filename><replaceable>x</replaceable><filename>.bb</filename> + version of the recipe. + So, the append file would match the following recipe names: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + busybox_1.21.1.bb + busybox_1.21.2.bb + busybox_1.21.3.bb + </literallayout> + <note><title>Important</title> + The use of the "<filename>%</filename>" character + is limited in that it only works directly in front of the + <filename>.bbappend</filename> portion of the append file's + name. + You cannot use the wildcard character in any other + location of the name. </note> </para></listitem> <listitem><para id='bitbake-term'> @@ -329,7 +349,7 @@ <para>It is worth noting that the term "package" can, in general, have subtle meanings. For example, the packages referred to in the - "<link linkend='required-packages-for-the-host-development-system'>Required Packages for the Host Development System</link>" + "<link linkend='required-packages-for-the-build-host'>Required Packages for the Build Host</link>" section are compiled binaries that, when installed, add functionality to your Linux distribution.</para> |