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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml index 9bb09fb948..61f55bd80a 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml @@ -1445,14 +1445,23 @@ <para> The <filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename> - variable contains checksums of the license text in the source code for the recipe. - Following is an example of how to specify <filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename>: + variable contains checksums of the license text in the source + code for the recipe. + Following is an example of how to specify + <filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename>: <literallayout class='monospaced'> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=xxxx \ file://licfile1.txt;beginline=5;endline=29;md5=yyyy \ file://licfile2.txt;endline=50;md5=zzzz \ ..." </literallayout> + <note> + When using "beginline" and "endline", realize that line + numbering begins with one and not zero. + Also, the lines included are inclusive (e.g. lines five + through 29 in the previous example for + <filename>licfile1.txt</filename>. + </note> </para> <para> @@ -1474,7 +1483,8 @@ <para> The first line locates a file in - <filename>${S}/src/ls.c</filename>. + <filename>${S}/src/ls.c</filename> and isolates lines five + through 16 as license text. The second line refers to a file in <filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></filename>. </para> |