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| author |   Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com> | 2010-05-28 15:21:49 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> | 2010-06-02 14:06:02 +0100 |
| commit | 2ccd2e67c5768e59316b086fa70fef837eecb53a (patch) | |
| tree | 7e988319284e1a7b2ef7fc367e9e8edeb5b22719 /handbook/ref-variables.xml | |
| parent | 5ae3f6553141aecce3b98e0f06e4b99f36764917 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-2ccd2e67c5768e59316b086fa70fef837eecb53a.tar.gz | |
Handbook: Documentation for LIC_FILES_CHKSUM
Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
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diff --git a/handbook/ref-variables.xml b/handbook/ref-variables.xml index 6e8c91b305..b4d5639ec1 100644 --- a/handbook/ref-variables.xml +++ b/handbook/ref-variables.xml @@ -395,6 +395,19 @@ <para>List of package source licenses.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'><glossterm>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Checksums of the license text in the recipe source code. + </para> + <para>This variables tracks changes in license text of the source + code files. If the license text is changed it triggers the build + failure. Which gives developer an oppurtunity to review any + license changes</para> + <para> This is an optional variable now. And the plan is to make + it a required variable in the future </para> + <para>See the "meta/package/zlib/zlib_${PV}.bb" file for an example</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> </glossdiv> |