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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-10-09 06:18:42 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-10-10 15:18:12 +0100 |
commit | e3f344965c4fbce76e22f9858a0d4ba13af24e58 (patch) | |
tree | 0cadcf895e568bd1da11170ec5bf942abe633855 /documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |
parent | b31fa1bbbe84210894d8499af9a9bd7d9a2b5755 (diff) | |
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documentation: poky-ref-manual - variables defined.
Fixes [YOCTO_#3245]
New glossary terms for SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX, and MLPREFIX.
Also improved the definition of the BPN variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: d9eb38122967a5729f3a6aff1dae00427a22f579)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index fd04017..f91581a 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -280,7 +280,15 @@ <glossentry id='var-BPN'><glossterm>BPN</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>Bare name of package with any suffixes like -cross -native removed.</para> + <para>The bare name of the recipe or package. + This variable is a version of the <link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link> variable + but has common suffixes and prefixes such as "-native", "-cross" and "multilib" + removed. + The exact list of suffixes removed is specified by the + <link linkend='var-SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX'>SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX</link> variable. + The exact list of prefixes removed is specified by the + <link linkend='var-MLPREFIX'>MLPREFIX</link> variable. + Prefixes are removed for multilib and nativesdk cases.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -1515,6 +1523,21 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <para>The email address of the distribution maintainer.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MLPREFIX'><glossterm>MLPREFIX</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Specifies a prefix has been added to + <link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link> to create a special version + of a recipe or package, such as a multilib version. + The variable is used in places where the prefix needs to be + added to or removed from a the name (e.g. the + <link linkend='var-BPN'>BPN</link> variable). + <filename>MLPREFIX</filename> gets set when a prefix has been + added to <filename>PN</filename>. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> </glossdiv> <!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-n'><title>N</title>--> @@ -1934,6 +1957,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX'><glossterm>SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + A list of prefixes for <link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link> used by the + OpenEmbedded build system to create variants of recipes or packages. + The list specifies the prefixes to strip off during certain circumstances + such as the generation of the <link linkend='var-BPN'>BPN</link> variable. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI'><glossterm>SRC_URI</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>The list of source files - local or remote. |