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ref-manual: Updated EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS description.

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Fixes [YOCTO #8066]

Applied some review edits to the variable's description in the
glossary.  Also, changed the name of the variable to be correct.

(From yocto-docs rev: f3ab503301db9d22cb85da0f7518d266f230bd3d)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
<glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</glossterm> <glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</glossterm>
<info> <info>
EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB[doc] = "Prevents exposure of a package to all of the package's libraries." EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS[doc] = "Causes the OpenEmbedded build system's shared resolver to exclued an entire package when scanning for shared libraries."
</info> </info>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
<para role="glossdeffirst"> <para role="glossdeffirst">
<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
Prevents exposing a package to all of the package's Triggers the OpenEmbedded build system's shared resolver to
libraries. exclude an entire package when scanning for shared
The <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</filename> variable is libraries (i.e. the <filename>shlib</filename> procedure.
useful for prebuilt packages that should not be exposed The <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</filename> variable is
to any of the package's libraries. similar to the
In other words, you want to skip the <link linkend='var-PRIVATE_LIBS'><filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename></link>
<filename>shlib</filename> procedure for the package. variable, which exludes a package's particular libraries
only and not the whole package.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
Use the variable by setting it to "1" for a particular Use the
package: <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</filename> variable by
setting it to "1" for a particular package:
<literallayout class='monospaced'> <literallayout class='monospaced'>
EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB = "1" EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB = "1"
</literallayout> </literallayout>
</para> </para>
<para>
You can achieve similar results by using the
<link linkend='var-PRIVATE_LIBS'><filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename></link>
variable.
However, with the <filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename>
variable, you must specifically list all of a package's
libraries.
Using the <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</filename> variable,
allows you to quickly prevent exposure to all the libraries.
</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>