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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-06-06 13:48:01 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-06-21 12:59:06 +0100 |
| commit | 44f29bf89aed57178dd00d8123d85c4e181241bd (patch) | |
| tree | 627fdacf22a2264db54aa0f5bf0eb3d8d49e40df /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 37ec030ecb25842dcee4093f14783ad4888251ed (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-44f29bf89aed57178dd00d8123d85c4e181241bd.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP variable
Fixes [YOCTO #9553]
Added detail to this variable description.
(From yocto-docs rev: 35407b9db582ebc23be89a6f9bc7b0ad9ab90979)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 0252757943..e29f359af1 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -5976,7 +5976,19 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - If set to "1", causes the build to not strip binaries in resulting packages. + If set to "1", causes the build to not strip binaries in + resulting packages and prevents the + <filename>-dbg</filename> package from containing the + source files. + </para> + + <para> + By default, the OpenEmbedded build system strips + binaries and puts the debugging symbols into + <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}-dbg</filename>. + Consequently, you should not set + <filename>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP</filename> when you plan + to debug in general. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |