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ref-manual: Review edits to the PR variable in glossary.
authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Thu, 30 Jun 2016 20:04:02 +0000 (13:04 -0700)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:04:49 +0000 (15:04 +0100)
Fixes [YOCTO #9843]

Some minor rewordings and removal of a stray comma.

(From yocto-docs rev: 0b0c8b0b1c4edb86eb2b20c73ffb83d640f6b916)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml

index 1b1c055d58ac76e3e0534003a56ef8555a22c52b..fc36af4adfbaaf02bc7721b0bd202e75cc4ce9b2 100644 (file)
@@ -9598,15 +9598,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     helps the package manager distinguish which package is the
                     most recent one in cases where many packages have the same
                     <filename>PV</filename> (i.e. <filename>PKGV</filename>).
-                    Packages have the same <filename>PV</filename> usually
-                    when the package manager installs the same upstream version
-                    and some of the packages include packaging fixes.
+                    A component having many packages with the same
+                    <filename>PV</filename> usually means that the packages all
+                    install the same upstream version, but with later
+                    (<filename>PR</filename>) version packages including
+                    packaging fixes.
                     <note>
                         <filename>PR</filename> does not need to be increased
                         for changes that do not change the package contents or
                         metadata.
                     </note>
-                    Because, manually managing <filename>PR</filename> can be
+                    Because manually managing <filename>PR</filename> can be
                     cumbersome and error-prone, an automated solution exists.
                     See the
                     "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#working-with-a-pr-service'>Working With a PR Service</ulink>"