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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-02-02 17:29:37 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-02-04 23:22:49 +0000 |
| commit | 0d8bd7d6ba79410d9349846a798cf6e7c279fa5d (patch) | |
| tree | c992a6127f46fb2eb93b0b9da60cf3fe895bac72 /documentation | |
| parent | 6aca5b82c9163b1f9fe322fbb599cb0739936e3b (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-0d8bd7d6ba79410d9349846a798cf6e7c279fa5d.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Added description for LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE variable.
Fixes [YOCTO #8633]
Added a new variable description for LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE.
(From yocto-docs rev: 49a2f8384e67a90d5b3227ab0de3d12eb311bd20)
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 | 33 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 49aea7a147..8c7d7d436d 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -7129,6 +7129,39 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE'><glossterm>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</glossterm> + <info> + LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE[doc] = "Creates an extra package (i.e. ${PN}-lic) for each recipe and adds that package to the RRECOMMENDS+${PN}." + </info> + <glossdef> + <para role="glossdeffirst"> +<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> + Setting <filename>LICENSE_CREATE_PACKAGE</filename> + to "1" causes the OpenEmbedded build system to create + an extra package (i.e. + <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link><filename>}-lic</filename>) + for each recipe and to add those packages to the + <link linkend='var-RRECOMMENDS'><filename>RRECOMMENDS</filename></link><filename>_${PN}</filename>. + </para> + + <para> + The <filename>${PN}-lic</filename> package installs a + directory in <filename>/usr/share-licenses</filename> + named <filename>${PN}</filename>, which is the recipe's + base name, and installs files in that directory that + contain license and copyright information (i.e. copies of + the appropriate license files from + <filename>meta/common-licenses</filename> that match the + licenses specified in the + <link linkend='var-LICENSE'><filename>LICENSE</filename></link> + variable of the recipe metadata and copies of files marked + in + <link linkend='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'><filename>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</filename></link> + as containing license text). + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-LICENSE_FLAGS'><glossterm>LICENSE_FLAGS</glossterm> <info> LICENSE_FLAGS[doc] = "Specifies additional flags for a recipe you must whitelist through LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST in order to allow the recipe to be built." |