Updated the MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL,
MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED,
DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL, and
DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED variables to have
more comprehensive information.
(From yocto-docs rev: 355eb3ebe02fbe4a340adaf83bf29a46f7c8230f)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Did some re-wording on the WiFi example in both the
MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS and MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS
variables. Clunkiness fixed.
(From yocto-docs rev: 0c76ae0ee14cce62ff02b728b1c9ac21f4f3b385)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Changed wording so that the lists of features do not seem
to be finite. But rather, the set shipped with YP.
(From yocto-docs rev: 68e1eba075819863d8137be0b4c70935b88cb1a3)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Did some editing that helps clarify variables that deal with
the MACHINE.
(From yocto-docs rev: f1f63acffc952cc7d755fc6dd555379572fddaf0)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO_#3262]
* Added correct information to the STAMP variable glossary
entry.
* Created a new variable glossary item for the
MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS variable.
* Created a new variable glossary item for the
EXTENDPE variable.
Reported-by: Patrick Turley <patrickturley@gamestop.com>
(From yocto-docs rev: ea50e41dc71d3876dd1b00aeec663400ac4a5ced)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
This entry was situated so that it was not in alphabetical
order. I moved it.
(From yocto-docs rev: f545414ead63ff58557142acdf416bd5e58d5c45)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Some wording changes from "packages" to "recipe" as appropriate
in some of the variable glossary entries.
(From yocto-docs rev: 8f3d72dad9b68f78987a497092d74ff3f7e35b28)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
We haven't supported ipkg for some time now - it was replaced by opkg
(whilst still using the ipk package format).
(From yocto-docs rev: 07b3dd9a73be25f31c919ed750ca320c7507eff0)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* Use correct/up-to-date names of package systems
* SUMMARY does not default to the value of DESCRIPTION, it's the other
way around (although the logic may be improved in future so that this
is the effect).
(From yocto-docs rev: 4ec095f0f45cb3a62a8dfdd1a098b23cbe1dc7b5)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Document DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL and MACHINE_FEATURES_BACKFILL. We may
wish to expand upon this in future, but at least this explains what
these variables are for and how to use them.
Also add a link from the DISTRO_FEATURES entry to the section that lists
valid DISTRO_FEATURES items.
(From yocto-docs rev: 018af5c28b44464ae66646780ade910bdcab2bef)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Extend the description of the DISTRO variable so that it mentions that
this points to a .conf file under conf/distro and mentions what happens
if the value is left blank.
(From yocto-docs rev: 50f8f0394d8d849e0a227d6c9ffcdc3cccb7e307)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Add a description of the PACKAGECONFIG variable to the variable
glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: 07d08314d3151de7073567a7800156f69fdb549e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Extend the description of the MACHINE variable so that it mentions that
this points to a .conf file under conf/machine.
(From yocto-docs rev: dd82b176bb059d03faec1abdd406e4cf8f0e5afb)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Adjust the descriptions so that it is clearer that these are specific
to a machine and should appear in the machine's .conf file, and are
intended to affect the image contents, not the dependencies of a
specific package. Also change the examples so that they demonstrate more
realistic usage scenarios for these variables.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3c3b8b117b09d78637ae8c4d27f77194cf197ea9)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO_#3245]
New glossary terms for SPECIAL_PKGSUFFIX, and MLPREFIX.
Also improved the definition of the BPN variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: d9eb38122967a5729f3a6aff1dae00427a22f579)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Adjust a few sentences so that they make better sense.
(From yocto-docs rev: 67437c9f31fca0437e1f23ab78dd252f3ca0a903)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO_#3095]
A minor edit to the glossary entry. The fix for this bug spanned
two other commits:
418862011e79940ee378f64c6171618d29568014
7647cef96643b3723f80013c2c51ba6d7480122a
(From yocto-docs rev: 053e4558cc90eb1618e697394aff6d40edbeb3b1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
These edits removed the .x eplanation at the end. Paul Eggleton
concluded they do not matter and are confusing.
(From yocto-docs rev: 3f3e0b65bbfbb8da3ba1ebbb8dc78c3adf5a1c98)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
A re-write of this glossary item. The example provides more
detail and frames it in the context of a real example.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1a88abecf6ab5895d3c8ff801bd869a90a8a3fc1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Changed the wording in the front to get rid of redundancy
and specifically state that this variable affects .bbappend
files only.
(From yocto-docs rev: 7647cef96643b3723f80013c2c51ba6d7480122a)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Updated the glossary description for the B variable. There
was some confusing "source directory" terminology in there.
(From yocto-docs rev: 72fbf86ca9612a0dca741f08315efed1d9efa0b1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Added some clarifying edits to the explanation about suffix and
prefix names used with the PN variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: f42baf8ddb3da1ab8ba69d30581812646ce4dc83)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Checked and fixed all text surrounding the description and use
of the PN variable. This variable can mean a recipe or a resulting
package depending on context.
(From yocto-docs rev: 7ac52f6b184670db9cdab7c205126b62c60b0d29)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Re-write of the SRC_URI glossary entry so that proper terminology
for PN is used. This context the PN refers to the recipe name
and not a resulting package.
(From yocto-docs rev: fc371890d9797ba57e2ce848cd2f82f42dd6ac36)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO_#1939]
Added the option downloadfilename to the SRC_URI variable
glossary description.
(From yocto-docs rev: abc32d85a7f241766d1fcc52a251249f2172ea89)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Fixes [YOCTO_#1939]
Expanded the definition for the SRC_URI variable in the glossary.
The new information includes protocol types and SRC_URI options.
(From yocto-docs rev: 033d58cd2ec2a579fa085bcca1e5d0ad4dd65708)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Slight wording change to the description of the
PACAGE_BEFORE_PN variable description based on feedback from
Paul Eggleton.
Reported-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@intel.com>
(From yocto-docs rev: 8f7dcdb8edf461133d2149eb4728ee3682affc98)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
* For PE/PV/PR/PN these pertain to a recipe ("package" was used here
historically).
* References to variables should not be prefixed with $ in the text
* Add text about suffixing RCONFLICTS as per other package variables
* Make ALLOW_EMPTY example complete
* Clarify and add example for AUTOREV
In addition to Paul's patch, I re-worded two instances. One
to get rid of "package(s)", which is poor form. And a second
to get rid of "unstable/development", which is also poor form.
(From yocto-docs rev: 498349f8d82f46433626521d148ff6c1d72e2b1c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Clarifying who picks up files that would normally be included
in the default package. This is a wording change to try and
eliminate the ambiguous "they".
(From yocto-docs rev: 63f87b6616c1a93d39e198f0b02d01d36ac09467)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
I changed the "Reference: Images" section to "Images". This old
name was a hold over from when the book had appendices that were
reference-like. Along with changing the name I also fixed two
links to the section that were found in the variables chapter.
(From yocto-docs rev: e21a973cfe07d21acdfe02b49aa86c7672905968)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Also add a definition for PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN since the default
value of PACKAGES now includes this.
In addition to Paul's changes I reformatted the default to be
<literallayout> to appear as code.
(From yocto-docs rev: 187390e2589b886e524700db9dc2e89cf28c6e90)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
These file paths are no longer valid, instead point to the section
of the reference manual with more information on valid IMAGE_FEATURES.
In addition to Paul's patch, I provided the actual section name for
the cross-reference link he inserte.
(From yocto-docs rev: ad356708bfe3a14e82d678510df15cb93dc2f057)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
