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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2015-09-18 07:57:45 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-10-21 23:06:21 +0100 |
| commit | 0d1c86b558105f8101776d72c6e8131cce358551 (patch) | |
| tree | f2a904f4f90cdfaa907bd605ac7f3e0000249cba /documentation | |
| parent | eea7521f59676fc4621bdc82bffba641f46e1242 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-0d1c86b558105f8101776d72c6e8131cce358551.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS description.
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 35 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 43715da5d8..fd13746a81 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -3533,40 +3533,31 @@ </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</glossterm> + <glossentry id='var-EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS'><glossterm>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</glossterm> <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> <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - Prevents exposing a package to all of the package's - libraries. - The <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB</filename> variable is - useful for prebuilt packages that should not be exposed - to any of the package's libraries. - In other words, you want to skip the - <filename>shlib</filename> procedure for the package. + Triggers the OpenEmbedded build system's shared resolver to + exclude an entire package when scanning for shared + libraries (i.e. the <filename>shlib</filename> procedure. + The <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</filename> variable is + similar to the + <link linkend='var-PRIVATE_LIBS'><filename>PRIVATE_LIBS</filename></link> + variable, which exludes a package's particular libraries + only and not the whole package. </para> <para> - Use the variable by setting it to "1" for a particular - package: + Use the + <filename>EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIBS</filename> variable by + setting it to "1" for a particular package: <literallayout class='monospaced'> EXCLUDE_FROM_SHLIB = "1" </literallayout> </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> </glossentry> |