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bitbake-user-manual: Updated "Conditional Metadata" section
authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:14:12 +0000 (09:14 -0700)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:20:34 +0000 (16:20 +0100)
Added information about using lower-case characters and no
underscore characters when using OVERRIDES.

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml

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                 You can use <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> to conditionally select
                 a specific version of a variable and to conditionally
                 append or prepend the value of a variable.
+                <note>
+                    Overrides can only use lower-case characters.
+                    Additionally, underscores are not permitted in override names
+                    as they are used to separate overrides from each other and
+                    from the variable name.
+                </note>
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Selecting a Variable:</emphasis>
                         The <filename>OVERRIDES</filename> variable is