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| author | Kevin Strasser <kevin.strasser@linux.intel.com> | 2013-04-15 14:06:09 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-04-17 22:34:13 +0100 |
| commit | 82269903d3a20b12a61aaccdb20559ba8ff92624 (patch) | |
| tree | 14368e939f3579c76f38c5fbc2a3500a0dc21fe0 /documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | |
| parent | 6720a6e3c55bcb40a05ba1fa10876fe8ee81c274 (diff) | |
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ref-manual: New class added for archive*.bbclass.
Patch from Kevin that adds a new class. Note that the
patch removed the existing src_distribute_local.bbclass
class.
(From yocto-docs rev: 4ce602093bc9ddfcbcd9392bcc8fd6187885bdf1)
Signed-off-by: Kevin Strasser <kevin.strasser@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 40 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml index 69ca78c..51418b9 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml @@ -193,36 +193,26 @@ </para> </section> -<section id='ref-classes-src-distribute'> - <title>Distribution of Sources - <filename>src_distribute_local.bbclass</filename></title> +<section id='ref-classes-archiver'> + <title>Archiving Sources - <filename>archive*.bbclass</filename></title> <para> - Many software licenses require that source files be provided along with the binaries. - To simplify this process, two classes were created: - <filename>src_distribute.bbclass</filename> and - <filename>src_distribute_local.bbclass</filename>. - </para> - - <para> - The results of these classes are <filename>tmp/deploy/source/</filename> - subdirectories with sources sorted by - <filename><link linkend='var-LICENSE'>LICENSE</link></filename> field. - If recipes list few licenses (or have entries like "Bitstream Vera"), - the source archive is placed in each license directory. + Many software licenses require that source code and/or other materials be + released with the binaries. To help with that task the following classes + are provided: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><filename>archive-original-sources.bbclass</filename></listitem> + <listitem><filename>archive-patched-sources.bbclass</filename></listitem> + <listitem><filename>archive-configured-sources.bbclass</filename></listitem> + <listitem><filename>archiver.bbclass</filename></listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> <para> - This class operates using three modes: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para><emphasis>copy:</emphasis> Copies the files to the - distribution directory.</para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>symlink:</emphasis> Creates symbolic - links for the files to the distribution directory. - </para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>move+symlink:</emphasis> Moves the files - into the distribution directory and then creates symbolic - links back to where they originated.</para></listitem> - </itemizedlist> + For more details on the source archiver, see the + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#maintaining-open-source-license-compliance-during-your-products-lifecycle'> + Maintaining Open Source License Compliance During Your Product's Lifecycle</ulink>" + section in the Yocto Project Development Manual. </para> </section> |
