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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-07 13:31:08 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-23 15:27:33 +0100 |
| commit | 8c2172b8be6c5bd6ab46ce9a8e12ea4bc51155d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 22dfb7494e0bcc64c98680f635ebffa142d2b5a7 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 43b5d140c64b2dbfe76c29ec23e8ecad62015bd7 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-8c2172b8be6c5bd6ab46ce9a8e12ea4bc51155d1.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: New section on using oe-pkgdata-util
Fixes [YOCTO #10216]
Creted a new section titled "Viewing Package Information with
oe-pkgdata-util". This section describes how to view information
for already build packages through the use of the
oi-pkgdata-util command.
(From yocto-docs rev: 8d9465f320f973ecaeecb3eae594b29c0d7f4960)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml | 78 |
1 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml index 1b5978e7c9..2719ef1ee0 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml @@ -248,6 +248,84 @@ </para> </section> + <section id='viewing-package-information-with-oe-pkgdata-util'> + <title>Viewing Package Information with <filename>oe-pkgdata-util</filename></title> + + <para> + You can use the <filename>oe-pkgdata-util</filename> command-line + utility to query + <link linkend='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><filename>PKGDATA_DIR</filename></link> + and display various package-related information. + When you use the utility, you must use it to view information + on packages that have already been built. + </para> + + <para> + Following are a few of the available + <filename>oe-pkgdata-util</filename> subcommands. + <note> + You can use the standard * and ? globbing wildcards as part of + package names and paths. + </note> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + <filename>oe-pkgdata-util list-pkgs [</filename><replaceable>pattern</replaceable><filename>]</filename>: + Lists all packages that have been built, optionally + limiting the match to packages that match + <replaceable>pattern</replaceable>. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + <filename>oe-pkgdata-util list-pkg-files </filename><replaceable>package</replaceable><filename> ...</filename>: + Lists the files and directories contained in the given + packages. + <note> + <para> + A different way to view the contents of a package is + to look at the + <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link><filename>}/packages-split</filename> + directory of the recipe that generates the + package. + This directory is created by the + <link linkend='ref-tasks-package'><filename>do_package</filename></link> + task and has one subdirectory for each package the + recipe generates, which contains the files stored in + that package.</para> + <para> + If you want to inspect the + <filename>${WORKDIR}/packages-split directory</filename>, + make sure that you are not running with + <link linkend='ref-classes-rm-work'><filename>rm_work</filename></link> + enabled when building the recipe.</para> + </note> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + <filename>oe-pkgdata-util find-path </filename><replaceable>path</replaceable><filename> ...</filename>: + Lists the names of the packages that contain the given + paths. + For example, the following might return + <filename>make-doc: /usr/share/man/man1/make.1</filename>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + $ oe-pkgdata-util find-path /usr/share/man/man1/make.1 + </literallayout> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + <filename>oe-pkgdata-util lookup-recipe </filename><replaceable>package</replaceable><filename> ...</filename>: + Lists the name of the recipe that produces the given + packages. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para> + For more information on the <filename>oe-pkgdata-util</filename> + command, use the help facility: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + $ oe-pkgdata-util ‐‐help + $ oe-pkgdata-util <replaceable>subcommand</replaceable> --help + </literallayout> + </para> + </section> + <section id='usingpoky-viewing-dependencies-between-recipes-and-tasks'> <title>Viewing Dependencies Between Recipes and Tasks</title> |