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+<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"
+[<!ENTITY % poky SYSTEM "../poky.ent"> %poky; ] >
+
+<chapter id='ref-varlocality'>
+ <title>Variable Context</title>
+
+ <para>
+ While most variables can be used in almost any context such as
+ <filename>.conf</filename>, <filename>.bbclass</filename>,
+ <filename>.inc</filename>, and <filename>.bb</filename> files,
+ some variables are often associated with a particular locality or context.
+ This chapter describes some common associations.
+ </para>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-configuration'>
+ <title>Configuration</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The following subsections provide lists of variables whose context is
+ configuration: distribution, machine, and local.
+ </para>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-config-distro'>
+ <title>Distribution (Distro)</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables whose context is the distribution, or distro.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'>DISTRO_NAME</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_VERSION'>DISTRO_VERSION</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MAINTAINER'>MAINTAINER</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_OS'>TARGET_OS</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_FPU'>TARGET_FPU</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TCMODE'>TCMODE</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TCLIBC'>TCLIBC</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-config-machine'>
+ <title>Machine</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables whose context is the machine.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_ARCH'>TARGET_ARCH</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'>SERIAL_CONSOLE</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'>IMAGE_FSTYPES</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'>MACHINE_FEATURES</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS
+ </link></filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS
+ </link></filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS
+ </link></filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'>
+ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</link></filename></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-config-local'>
+ <title>Local</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables whose context is the local configuration through the
+ <filename>local.conf</filename> file.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DL_DIR'>DL_DIR</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BBFILES'>BBFILES</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES
+ </link></filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BBINCLUDELOGS'>BBINCLUDELOGS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'>
+ ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</link></filename></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-recipes'>
+ <title>Recipes</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The following subsections provide lists of variables whose context is
+ recipes: required, dependencies, path, and extra build information.
+ </para>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-required'>
+ <title>Required</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables that are required for recipes.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-LICENSE'>LICENSE</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</link></filename> - used
+ in recipes that fetch local or remote files.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-dependencies'>
+ <title>Dependencies</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables that define recipe dependencies.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'>RDEPENDS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RRECOMMENDS'>RRECOMMENDS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RCONFLICTS'>RCONFLICTS</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RREPLACES'>RREPLACES</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-paths'>
+ <title>Paths</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables that define recipe paths.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-S'>S</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-FILES'>FILES</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-build'>
+ <title>Extra Build Information</title>
+
+ <para>
+ This section lists variables that define extra build information for recipes.
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECMAKE'>EXTRA_OECMAKE</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</link>
+ </filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename>
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE'>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE
+ </link></filename></para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
+</chapter>
+<!--
+vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4 spell spelllang=en_gb
+-->
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