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| author |   Konrad Weihmann <kweihmann@outlook.com> | 2020-10-13 09:45:37 +0200 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-10-13 09:39:02 +0100 |
| commit | c27a5cc80852595549ad4156e4bb7f5a05e4cd15 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ff927d213ed3fcfcb16cf2db71f28a0173c77f3 | |
| parent | 18e1957337fd9f06bc673d28dd4f8277321d07bc (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-contrib-c27a5cc80852595549ad4156e4bb7f5a05e4cd15.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual: Add BBFILES_DYNAMIC
- add missing entry for BBFILES_DYNAMIC, ported from yocto-docs
- add description for the new inverse mode
Signed-off-by: Konrad Weihmann <kweihmann@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit 9186ca47ce73b4d1c87eb69163698a04679fb55c)
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml | 61 |
1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml index c4bd1f258..4c29b2464 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml @@ -1124,6 +1124,67 @@ </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-BBFILES_DYNAMIC'><glossterm>BBFILES_DYNAMIC</glossterm> + <info> + BBFILES_DYNAMIC[doc] = "Activates content depending on presence of identified layers." + </info> + <glossdef> + <para role="glossdeffirst"> + Activates content depending on presence of identified layers. + You identify the layers by the collections that the layers + define. + </para> + + <para> + Use the <filename>BBFILES_DYNAMIC</filename> variable to + avoid <filename>.bbappend</filename> files whose + corresponding <filename>.bb</filename> file is in a layer + that attempts to modify other layers through + <filename>.bbappend</filename> but does not want to + introduce a hard dependency on those other layers. + </para> + + <para> + Additionally you can prefix the rule with "!" to add + <filename>.bbappend</filename> and <filename>.bb</filename> files + in case a layer is not present. + Use this avoid hard dependency on those other layers. + </para> + + <para> + Use the following form for + <filename>BBFILES_DYNAMIC</filename>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + <replaceable>collection_name</replaceable>:<replaceable>filename_pattern</replaceable> + </literallayout> + The following example identifies two collection names and + two filename patterns: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BBFILES_DYNAMIC += "\ + clang-layer:${LAYERDIR}/bbappends/meta-clang/*/*/*.bbappend \ + core:${LAYERDIR}/bbappends/openembedded-core/meta/*/*/*.bbappend \ + " + </literallayout> + When the collection name is prefixed with "!" it will add the file pattern in case + the layer is absent: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BBFILES_DYNAMIC += "\ + !clang-layer:${LAYERDIR}/backfill/meta-clang/*/*/*.bb \ + " + </literallayout> + + This next example shows an error message that occurs + because invalid entries are found, which cause parsing to + abort: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + ERROR: BBFILES_DYNAMIC entries must be of the form {!}<collection name>:<filename pattern>, not: + /work/my-layer/bbappends/meta-security-isafw/*/*/*.bbappend + /work/my-layer/bbappends/openembedded-core/meta/*/*/*.bbappend + </literallayout> + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-bb-BBINCLUDED'><glossterm>BBINCLUDED</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> |