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Extend documentation on target platform to describe how rules are matched.
| author | hodgestar |
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| date | Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:25:21 +0000 |
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| 22 Technically, a target platform is a named set of rules against which the | 22 Technically, a target platform is a named set of rules against which the |
| 23 properties of build slaves are matched. Each rule is a regular expression | 23 properties of build slaves are matched. Each rule is a regular expression |
| 24 matching a particular slave property, such as the operating system | 24 matching a particular slave property, such as the operating system |
| 25 or the processor. When a slave connects to the build master, it sends a | 25 or the processor. When a slave connects to the build master, it sends a |
| 26 registration message that includes information about the slave. | 26 registration message that includes information about the slave. A slave |
| 27 will only be sent builds for a given platform if the slave's properties | |
| 28 satisfy all of the rules associated with that platform. | |
| 29 | |
| 30 A rule's regular expression is matched against the value of the slave | |
| 31 property using Python's `re.match`_ function so, for example, `x86` will | |
| 32 match a value of `x86_64`. Use `^x86$` to match only the value `x86`. | |
| 33 | |
| 34 .. _re.match: http://docs.python.org/library/re.html#re.match | |
| 27 | 35 |
| 28 A build configuration must have at least one target platform assigned to | 36 A build configuration must have at least one target platform assigned to |
| 29 it before it becomes fully active. | 37 it before it becomes fully active. |
| 30 | 38 |
| 31 Slave Properties | 39 Slave Properties |
| 32 ================ | 40 ================ |
| 33 | 41 |
| 34 By default, the following properties are included: | 42 By default, the following properties are included: |