Clarify that if there are multiple recipes with the same name, the recipe with the highest PV from the highest priority layer will be the one selected.
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> --- i'm using docbook's <emphasis> markup here, which renders in HTML as both bold and italic. diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 1e6addde4..951263291 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -825,9 +825,11 @@ </para> <note> - <para>It is possible for a recipe with a lower version number + <para>If the same recipe exists in several layers, the recipe + with the highest value of <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></ulink> - in a layer that has a higher priority to take precedence.</para> + <emphasis>from the layer with the + highest priority</emphasis> will be selected.</para> <para>Also, the layer priority does not currently affect the precedence order of <filename>.conf</filename> or <filename>.bbclass</filename> files. -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================
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