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@@ -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>