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diff --git a/usermanual/chapters/recipes.xml b/usermanual/chapters/recipes.xml index f889acd395..7ed33868f5 100644 --- a/usermanual/chapters/recipes.xml +++ b/usermanual/chapters/recipes.xml @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ mv fixed.recipe.bb myrecipe.bb</screen></para> <para>The PR value should never be decremented. If you accidentally submit a large PR value for example then it should be left at the value and just increased for new releases, not reset back to a lower - version. </para> + version.</para> </note></para> <para>When a recipe is being processed some variables are automatically @@ -2155,13 +2155,79 @@ NOTE: package helloworld-0.1-r0: task do_package: completed</screen>Except in <section> <title>Debian naming</title> - <para>This section is to be completed</para> + <para>A special <emphasis>debian library name</emphasis> policy can be + applied for packages that contain a single shared library. When enabled + packages will be renamed to match the debian policy for such + packages.</para> + + <para>Debian naming is enabled by including the debian class via either + <command>local.conf</command> or your distributions configuration + file:<screen>INHERIT += "debian"</screen></para> + + <para>The policy works by looking at the shared library name and version + and will automatically rename the package to + <emphasis><libname><lib-major-version></emphasis>. For + example if the package name (PN) is <command>foo</command> and the + package ships a file named <command>libfoo.so.1.2.3</command> then the + package will be renamed to <command>libfoo1</command> to follow the + debian policy.</para> + + <para>If we look at the <emphasis>lzo_1.08.bb</emphasis> recipe, + currently at release 14, it generates a package containing a single + shared library :<screen>~oe/build/titan-glibc-25%> find tmp/work/lzo-1.08-r14/install/ +tmp/work/lzo-1.08-r14/install/lzo +tmp/work/lzo-1.08-r14/install/lzo/usr +tmp/work/lzo-1.08-r14/install/lzo/usr/lib +tmp/work/lzo-1.08-r14/install/lzo/usr/lib/liblzo.so.1 +tmp/work/lzo-1.08-r14/install/lzo/usr/lib/liblzo.so.1.0.0</screen>Without + debian naming this package would have been called + <command>lzo_1.08-r14_sh4.ipk</command> (and the corresponding dev and + dbg packages would have been called + <command>lzo-dbg_1.08-r14_sh4.ipk</command> and + <command>lzo-dev_1.08-r14_sh4.ipk</command>). However with debian naming + enabled the package is renamed based on the name of the shared library, + which is <command>liblzo.so.1.0.0</command> in this case. So the name + <command>lzo</command> is replaced with + <command>liblzo1</command>:<screen>~oe/build/titan-glibc-25%> find tmp/deploy/ipk/ -name '*lzo*' +tmp/deploy/ipk/sh4/liblzo1_1.08-r14_sh4.ipk +tmp/deploy/ipk/sh4/liblzo-dev_1.08-r14_sh4.ipk +tmp/deploy/ipk/sh4/liblzo-dbg_1.08-r14_sh4.ipk</screen></para> + + <para>Some variables are available which effect the operation of the + debian renaming class:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>inherit += "debian"</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>LEAD_SONAME</term> + + <listitem> + <para>If the package actually contains multiple shared libraries + then one will be selected automatically and a warning will be + generated. This variable is a regular expression which is used to + select which shared library from those available is to be used for + debian renaming.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>DEBIAN_NOAUTONAME_<pkgname></term> + + <listitem> + <para>If this variable is set to 1 for a package then debian + renaming will not be applied for the package.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>AUTO_LIBNAME_PKGS</term> + + <listitem> + <para>If set this variable specifies the prefix of packages which + will be subject to debian renaming. This can be used to prevent + all of the packages being renamed via the renaming policy.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </section> <section> |