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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2017-06-02 12:20:05 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2017-06-04 08:47:14 +0100 |
| commit | ce31b76fd1decbe63fa1d5acbb773ca5e6bd3ad3 (patch) | |
| tree | b71d2a16008ef660705022cd637ccf3ed1057c4d /documentation | |
| parent | d4503fbf26a2bb2d169348a143b77c0e1d2b5f07 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-ce31b76fd1decbe63fa1d5acbb773ca5e6bd3ad3.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #11600]
Made some technical corrections to the PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS
variable description in the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: c422783984748f170943eab418bfa7d0111fa352)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 4a2c79f1be..efe423adc7 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -9653,7 +9653,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossentry id='var-PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS'><glossterm>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</glossterm> <info> - PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS[doc] = "A space-separated list of configuration options generated from PACKAGECONFIG." + PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS[doc] = "A space-separated list of configuration options generated from the PACKAGECONFIG setting." </info> <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> @@ -9662,11 +9662,25 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" from the <link linkend='var-PACKAGECONFIG'><filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename></link> setting. - This list of options helps other classes and - recipes take advantage of the - <filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename> mechanism without - having to include options from - <link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'><filename>EXTRA_OECONF</filename></link>. + </para> + + <para> + Classes such as + <link linkend='ref-classes-autotools'><filename>autotools</filename></link> + and + <link linkend='ref-classes-cmake'><filename>cmake</filename></link> + use <filename>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</filename> to pass + <link linkend='var-PACKAGECONFIG'><filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename></link> + options to tasks such as + <link linkend='ref-tasks-configure'><filename>do_configure</filename></link> + and + <link linkend='ref-tasks-cmake'><filename>do_cmake</filename></link>, + respectively. + If you are using + <filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename> but not a class that + handles the <filename>do_configure</filename> task, then + you need to use + <filename>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</filename> appropriately. </para> <para> |