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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 8ce303c6d5..f2184d09f3 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -6204,9 +6204,6 @@ <link linkend='incrementing-a-package-revision-number'>Incrementing a package revision number</link> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - <link linkend='usingpoky-configuring-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS'>Handling a package name alias</link> - </para></listitem> - <listitem><para> <link linkend='handling-optional-module-packaging'>Handling optional module packaging</link> </para></listitem> <listitem><para> @@ -6492,53 +6489,6 @@ </section> </section> - <section id="usingpoky-configuring-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS"> - <title>Handling a Package Name Alias</title> - <para> - Sometimes a package name you are using might exist under - an alias or as a similarly named package in a different - distribution. - The OpenEmbedded build system implements a - <filename>do_distro_check</filename> - task that automatically connects to major distributions - and checks for these situations. - If the package exists under a different name in a different - distribution, you get a <filename>distro_check</filename> - mismatch. - You can resolve this problem by defining a per-distro recipe - name alias using the - <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS'>DISTRO_PN_ALIAS</ulink></filename> - variable. - </para> - - <para> - Following is an example that shows how you specify the <filename>DISTRO_PN_ALIAS</filename> - variable: - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - DISTRO_PN_ALIAS_pn-PACKAGENAME = "distro1=package_name_alias1 \ - distro2=package_name_alias2 \ - distro3=package_name_alias3 \ - ..." - </literallayout> - </para> - - <para> - If you have more than one distribution alias, separate them with a space. - Note that the build system currently automatically checks the - Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debian, Ubuntu, - and Mandriva distributions for source package recipes without having to specify them - using the <filename>DISTRO_PN_ALIAS</filename> variable. - For example, the following command generates a report that lists the Linux distributions - that include the sources for each of the recipes. - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - $ bitbake world -f -c distro_check - </literallayout> - The results are stored in the <filename>build/tmp/log/distro_check-${DATETIME}.results</filename> - file found in the - <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>. - </para> - </section> - <section id='handling-optional-module-packaging'> <title>Handling Optional Module Packaging</title> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 9ff6ce019e..2497c7d109 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -2740,10 +2740,6 @@ </info> <glossdef> <para>Alias names used for the recipe in various Linux distributions.</para> - <para>See the - "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#usingpoky-configuring-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS'>Handling - a Package Name Alias</ulink>" section in the Yocto Project Development - Manual for more information.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |