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authorKaren Arutyunov <karen@codesynthesis.com>2022-12-06 22:30:13 +0300
committerKaren Arutyunov <karen@codesynthesis.com>2022-12-07 13:40:22 +0300
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Document *-build-config override
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@@ -360,8 +360,17 @@ being applied. Currently, only the following value groups can be overridden:
build-email build-{warning,error}-email
builds build-{include,exclude}
*-builds *-build-{include,exclude}
+*-build-config
\
+For the package configuration-specific build constraint overrides the
+corresponding configuration must exist in the package manifest. In contrast,
+the package configuration override (\cb{*-build-config}) adds a new
+configuration if it doesn't exist and updates the arguments of the existing
+configuration otherwise. In the former case, all the potential build
+constraint overrides for such a newly added configuration must follow the
+corresponding \cb{*-build-config} override.
+
Note that the build constraints group values (both common and build package
configuration-specific) are overridden hierarchically so that the
\c{[\b{*-}]\b{build-}{\b{include},\b{exclude}\}} overrides don't affect the