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author | Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-07-18 10:31:29 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-08-01 12:14:59 +0100 |
commit | 04c611290c1574ea97c960363b15823c382b2b1f (patch) | |
tree | 316b7db64f2cc7eaa5748bddc4f990da81e0165e | |
parent | 818e439cf5d23a3b0a2b89cd79acfa97929d983b (diff) | |
download | openembedded-core-contrib-04c611290c1574ea97c960363b15823c382b2b1f.tar.gz |
ref-manual: Updated RDEPENDS variable description with note.
Fixes [YOCTO #9963]
I created a new cautionary note to warn the user to use the correct
operator "+=" rather than "=" so that they do not destroy $PN.
(From yocto-docs rev: e6861ffe9400b1ee48cc46ccfc6e8d65efbbec8c)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 7b1aef08c3..8650efabd9 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -10178,6 +10178,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" Thus, the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> variable has the <filename>${PN}-dev</filename> package name as part of the variable. + <note> + <title>Caution</title> + <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename> includes + <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}</filename> + by default. + This default is set in the BitBake configuration file + (<filename>meta/conf/bitbake.conf</filename>). + Be careful not to accidentally remove + <filename>${PN}</filename> when modifying + <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>. + Use the "+=" operator rather than the "=" operator. + </note> </para> <para> |