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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Clarified inherit, include, require relationships

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Fixes [YOCTO #12032]

I applied some re-writing to help clarify the relationships between
the inherit, include, and require directives.

(Bitbake rev: fded970a0709d928f70224d8b61534e9353ee6dd)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2017-09-02 10:01:47 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 56bc7c071f
commit c5820a3961
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@@ -899,11 +899,12 @@
<para>
The <filename>inherit</filename> directive is a rudimentary
means of specifying what classes of functionality your
recipes require.
means of specifying functionality contained in class files
that your recipes require.
For example, you can easily abstract out the tasks involved in
building a package that uses Autoconf and Automake and put
those tasks into a class file that can be used by your recipe.
those tasks into a class file and then have your recipe
inherit that class file.
</para>
<para>
@@ -925,10 +926,13 @@
</para>
<para>
If necessary, it is possible to inherit a class
conditionally by using
a variable expression after the <filename>inherit</filename>
statement.
An advantage with the inherit directive as compared to both
the
<link linkend='include-directive'>include</link> and
<link linkend='require-inclusion'>require</link> directives
is that you can inherit class files conditionally.
You can accomplish this by using a variable expression
after the <filename>inherit</filename> statement.
Here is an example:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
inherit ${VARNAME}
@@ -984,6 +988,17 @@
within <filename>BBPATH</filename>.
</para>
<para>
The include directive is a more generic method of including
functionality as compared to the
<link linkend='inherit-directive'>inherit</link> directive,
which is restricted to class (i.e. <filename>.bbclass</filename>)
files.
The include directive is applicable for any other kind of
shared or encapsulated functionality or configuration that
does not suit a <filename>.bbclass</filename> file.
</para>
<para>
As an example, suppose you needed a recipe to include some
self-test definitions:
@@ -1017,6 +1032,18 @@
being parsed at the location of the directive.
</para>
<para>
The require directive, like the include directive previously
described, is a more generic method of including
functionality as compared to the
<link linkend='inherit-directive'>inherit</link> directive,
which is restricted to class (i.e. <filename>.bbclass</filename>)
files.
The require directive is applicable for any other kind of
shared or encapsulated functionality or configuration that
does not suit a <filename>.bbclass</filename> file.
</para>
<para>
Similar to how BitBake handles
<link linkend='include-directive'><filename>include</filename></link>,