Hello Javier, On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Javier Viguera <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/02/14 14:23, Otavio Salvador wrote: >> +# Use an older Xorg version until Vivante provides a valid GL API >> +PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-xorg_mx6 = "2:1.14.4" > > > Although I know this is not the proper list to ask for bitbake questions I > think this may be interesting not only for me (we all may learn something). > > Using the above excerpt. Where does the '2:' in front of the version come > from? > > If the version of the package is 1.14.4, why is not?: > > PREFERRED_VERSION_xserver-xorg_mx6 = "1.14.4" > > I'm sure there must be a reason. I want to learn from people more > experienced than me.
In fact this is a metadata question. It comes from the Package Epoch. You can see it being defined in the .inc file in the 'PE' variable. -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems http://www.ossystems.com.br http://code.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 (53) 9981-7854 Mobile: +1 (347) 903-9750 -- _______________________________________________ meta-freescale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/meta-freescale
