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-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml8
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index e1faea0fa9..69f0f8d3a2 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -314,6 +314,10 @@
<link linkend='var-MACHINEOVERRIDES'><filename>MACHINEOVERRIDES</filename></link>
or <link linkend='var-DISTROOVERRIDES'><filename>DISTROOVERRIDES</filename></link>
variables, as appropriate.
+ For more changes regarding the
+ <filename>SRC_URI</filename> variable, see the
+ "<link linkend='migration-1.4-variables'>Variables</link>"
+ section.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -367,16 +371,21 @@
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>SRC_URI</filename>:</emphasis>
The <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}</filename>,
<filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PF'><filename>PF</filename></link><filename>}</filename>,
- and <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-P'><filename>P</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
- directories have been dropped from the default value of the
+ <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-P'><filename>P</filename></link><filename>}</filename>,
+ and <filename>FILE_DIRNAME</filename> directories have been
+ dropped from the default value of the
<link linkend='var-FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></link>
variable, which is used as the search path for finding files
referred to in
<link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link>.
If you have a recipe that relied upon these directories,
which would be unusual, then you will need to add the
- appropriate paths to
- <link linkend='var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename></link>.
+ appropriate paths within the recipe or, alternatively,
+ rearrange the files.
+ The most common locations are still covered by
+ <filename>${BP}</filename>, <filename>${BPN}</filename>,
+ and "files", which all remain in the default value of
+ <link linkend='var-FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></link>.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index b5f04cbf6c..e4bcb56aed 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3395,10 +3395,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
<filename>${<link linkend='var-BPN'>BPN</link>}-${PV}</filename>.
The base recipe name and version but without any special
package name suffix.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Files -</emphasis> Files beneath the directory in which the recipe
- resides.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis>Directory -</emphasis> The directory itself in which the recipe
- resides.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>files -</emphasis> Files within a
+ directory, which is named <filename>files</filename>
+ and is also alongside the recipe.
+ </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>bzr://</filename> -</emphasis> Fetches files from a
Bazaar revision control repository.</para></listitem>