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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-21 14:26:06 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-28 15:02:32 +0100 |
| commit | 826383984d5b4d8ca5c3a7bbcf4bcc0d4a5b55d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 24b006d3159b7ae600f164f1886eadc662f6da9c | |
| parent | 89621b137eba2b0678eff5abf4ee57134946d3ef (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-826383984d5b4d8ca5c3a7bbcf4bcc0d4a5b55d8.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the PACKAGES variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #10294]
Provided text noting that if packages in the PACKAGES list are
empty are not generated, unless generation is forced through
the ALLOW_EMPTY variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1c89e0edf7e038f733b9b95bb884648d953b9574)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 89970421ad..9d53fea0f3 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -9297,6 +9297,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" for more than one package in <filename>PACKAGES</filename>, it will be assigned to the earliest (leftmost) package. </para> + + <para> + Packages in the variable's list that are empty (i.e. where + none of the patterns in + <filename>FILES_</filename><replaceable>pkg</replaceable> + match any files installed by the + <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link> + task) are not generated, unless generation is forced through + the + <link linkend='var-ALLOW_EMPTY'><filename>ALLOW_EMPTY</filename></link> + variable. + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |