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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2011-09-26 12:20:07 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2011-10-04 13:46:37 +0100 |
commit | bc9951a147dc3d378a60635b70c78315c23ed4d8 (patch) | |
tree | a7a3447e884b2b3613226ea2c4dd4103c112a359 /documentation/poky-ref-manual | |
parent | 9d66278f9c14d04ce2b0092e4476cead4e1e85cc (diff) | |
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: updated RDEPENDS
Per Paul Eggleton's suggestion I updated the description of this
variable. Some minor wording changes as well as covering two
automatic handling features.
(From yocto-docs rev: 15be3502ca20f657051e02d698b459328328fb14)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/poky-ref-manual')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index da1c079..dbc343c 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -888,12 +888,30 @@ This enables the package to run correctly. For example, consider a Perl script, which depends on the Perl package. Since this variable applies to - output packages, there would usually be an override attached - to this variable such as <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>. + output packages, there should always be an override attached + to this variable specifying the runtime package to which to add the + dependency (e.g. <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>). Names in this field must appear as they appear in the <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename> namespace before any renaming of the output package by classes like <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>. </para> + <para> + Some automatic handling occurs around the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> + variable: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>shlibdeps</filename></emphasis>: If a runtime + package contains a shared library (<filename>.so</filename>), the build + processes the library in order to determine other libraries to which it + is dynamically linked. + The build process adds these libraries to <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> + to create the runtime package.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>pcdeps</filename></emphasis>: If the package + ships a <filename>pkg-config</filename> information file, the build process + uses this file to add items to the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> + variable to create the runtime packages. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |