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-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml index 0f0e8b06a9..7cefa5ebf4 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml @@ -829,10 +829,10 @@ </section> <section id='migration-1.5-run'> - <title><filename>run</filename></title> + <title><filename>/run</filename></title> <para> - The <filename>run</filename> directory from the Filesystem + The <filename>/run</filename> directory from the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard 3.0 has been introduced. You can find some of the implications for this change <ulink url='http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=0e326280a15b0f2c4ef2ef4ec441f63f55b75873'>here</ulink>. @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ <para> The previously deprecated <filename>task.bbclass</filename> has now been dropped. - For recipes that previously inherited from this task, you should + For recipes that previously inherited from this class, you should rename them from <filename>task-*</filename> to <filename>packagegroup-*</filename> and inherit packagegroup instead. @@ -1150,6 +1150,31 @@ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#bitbake-term'>BitBake</ulink>. </para> + <section id='migration-1.6-matching-branch-requirement-for-git-fetching'> + <title>Matching Branch Requirement for Git Fetching</title> + + <para> + When fetching source from a Git repository using + <link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link>, + BitBake will now validate the + <link linkend='var-SRCREV'><filename>SRCREV</filename></link> + value against the branch. + You can specify the branch using the following form: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + SRC_URI = "git://server.name/repository;branch=<branchname>" + </literallayout> + If you do not specify a branch, BitBake looks + in the default "master" branch. + </para> + + <para> + Alternatively, if you need to bypass this check (e.g. + if you are fetching a revision corresponding to a tag that + is not on any branch), you can add ";nobranch=1" to + the end of the URL within <filename>SRC_URI</filename>. + </para> + </section> + <section id='migration-1.6-bitbake-deps'> <title>Python Definition substitutions</title> |