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diff --git a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst index af9947199c..b7c3d8091f 100644 --- a/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst +++ b/poky/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst @@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ Removal (Override Style Syntax) You can remove values from lists using the removal override style syntax. Specifying a value for removal causes all occurrences of that -value to be removed from the variable. +value to be removed from the variable. Unlike ":append" and ":prepend", +there is no need to add a leading or trailing space to the value. When you use this syntax, BitBake expects one or more strings. Surrounding spaces and spacing are preserved. Here is an example:: @@ -421,6 +422,12 @@ documentation to a BitBake variable as follows:: CACHE[doc] = "The directory holding the cache of the metadata." +.. note:: + + Variable flag names starting with an underscore (``_``) character + are allowed but are ignored by ``d.getVarFlags("VAR")`` + in Python code. Such flag names are used internally by BitBake. + Inline Python Variable Expansion -------------------------------- |