</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id='var-PREFERRED_PROVIDERS'><glossterm>PREFERRED_PROVIDERS</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Determines which recipe should be given preference for
+ cases where multiple recipes provide the same item.
+ Functionally,
+ <filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDERS</filename> is identical to
+ <link linkend='var-PREFERRED_PROVIDER'><filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</filename></link>.
+ However, the <filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDERS</filename>
+ variable lets you define preferences for multiple
+ situations using the following form:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ PREFERRED_PROVIDERS = "xxx:yyy aaa:bbb ..."
+ </literallayout>
+ This form is a convenient replacement for the following:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_xxx = "yyy"
+ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_aaa = "bbb"
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id='var-PREFERRED_VERSION'><glossterm>PREFERRED_VERSION</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>