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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-09-26 14:39:02 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-10-01 22:52:54 +0100
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ref-manual: Added the version-going-backwards test to insane
Added this new test to the insane.bbclass section. Also put in a reference in the migration section back to the new entry. (From yocto-docs rev: 32e25547b439030b93d9bc72bdce916eded518b4) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml3
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml15
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index af7eed3..83e5db3 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -683,6 +683,9 @@
this check performed, you should add
"version-going-backwards" to your value for one or the
other variables depending on how you wish it to be handled.
+ See the documented QA checks in the
+ "<link linkend='ref-classes-insane'><filename>insane.bbclass</filename></link>"
+ section.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 83d4c1b..2743059 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -797,6 +797,21 @@
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>perms:</filename></emphasis>
Currently, this check is unused but reserved.
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>version-going-backwards:</filename></emphasis>
+ If Build History is enabled, reports when a package
+ being written out has a lower version than the previously
+ written package under the same name.
+ If you are placing output packages into a feed and
+ upgrading packages on a target system using that feed, the
+ version of a package going backwards can result in the target
+ system not correctly upgrading to the "new" version of the
+ package.
+ <note>
+ If you are not using runtime package management on your
+ target system, then you do not need to worry about
+ this situation.
+ </note>
+ </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
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