diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 1c9b3798e7..cca03a1b03 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -66,22 +66,26 @@ BB_NUMBER_THREADS - The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time + The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time. + If your host development system supports mulitiple cores a good rule of thumb + is to set this variable to twice the number of cores. BBFILE_COLLECTIONS - Identifies layer-specific bbfiles, which contain recipes used by BitBake to build software. + Identifies layer-specific .bbfiles, which contain recipes + used by BitBake to build software. The Variable is appended with a layer name. BBFILE_PATTERN - Variable that expands to match files from BBFILES in a particular layer. BBFILE_PATTERN - is used in the conf/layer.conf file and must contain the name of the - specific layer (e.g. BBFILE_PATTERN_emenlow). + Variable that expands to match files from BBFILES in a particular layer. + This variable is used in the conf/layer.conf file and must + contain the name of the + specific layer (e.g. BBFILE_PATTERN_emenlow). @@ -90,19 +94,18 @@ Assigns different priorities to recipe files in different layers. This variable is useful in situations where the same package appears in more than one layer. - Setting BBFILE_PRIORITY allows you to prioritize a + Setting this variable allows you to prioritize a layer against other layers that contain the same package - effectively letting you control the precedence for the multiple layers. The precedence established through this variable stands regardless of a - layer's package version (PV variable). - For example, a layer that has a package with a higher PV value but for - which the BBFILE_PRIORITY is set to have a lower precedence still has a + layer's package version (PV variable). + For example, a layer that has a package with a higher PV value but for + which the BBFILE_PRIORITY is set to have a lower precedence still has a lower precedence. - A larger value for the BBFILE_PRIORITY variable results in a higher + A larger value for the BBFILE_PRIORITY variable results in a higher precedence. - For example, the value 6 has a higher precedence than the - value 5. - By default, the BBFILE_PRIORITY variable is set to the value 5. + For example, the value 6 has a higher precedence than the value 5. + By default, the BBFILE_PRIORITY variable is set to the value 5. @@ -114,27 +117,39 @@ BBPATH - Used by Bitbake to locate bbclass and configuration files. This variable is analogous to - the PATH variable. + Used by BitBake to locate .bbclass and configuration files. + This variable is analogous to the PATH variable. BBINCLUDELOGS - Variable which controls how BitBake displays logs on build failure. + Variable that controls how BitBake displays logs on build failure. BBLAYERS - Lists in the bblayers.conf file layers to enable in the Poky build. + Lists the layers to enable during the Yocto Project build. + This variable is defined in the bblayers.conf configuration + file in the Yocto Project build directory. + Here is an example: + + BBLAYERS = " \ + /home/scottrif/poky/meta \ + /home/scottrif/poky/meta-yocto \ + /home/scottrif/poky/meta-mykernel \ + " + + This example enables three layers, one of which is a custom, user-defined layer + named meta-mykernel. + BPN - Bare name of package with any suffixes like -cross -native - removed. + Bare name of package with any suffixes like -cross -native removed. @@ -145,8 +160,9 @@ CFLAGS - Flags passed to C compiler for the target system. Evaluates to the same - as TARGET_CFLAGS. + Flags passed to C compiler for the target system. + This variable evaluates to the same as + TARGET_CFLAGS. @@ -154,19 +170,21 @@ COMPATIBLE_MACHINE A regular expression which evaluates to match the machines the recipe - works with. It stops recipes being run on machines they're incompatible with, - which is particularly useful with kernels. It also helps to increase parsing - speed as further parsing of the recipe is skipped as if it found the current - machine is not compatible. + works with. + It stops recipes being run on machines for which they are not compatible. + This is particularly useful with kernels. + It also helps to increase parsing speed as further parsing of the recipe is skipped + if it is found the current machine is not compatible. CONFIG_SITE - A list of files which contains autoconf test results relevant - to the current build. This variable is used by the autotools utilities - when running configure. + A list of files that contains autoconf test results relevant + to the current build. + This variable is used by the Autotools utilities when running + configure. @@ -177,16 +195,17 @@ D - Destination directory + The destination directory. DEBUG_BUILD - Build packages with debugging information. This influences the value - SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION - takes. + Specifies to build packages with debugging information. + This influences the value of the + SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION + variable. @@ -194,94 +213,91 @@ DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION - The options to pass in TARGET_CFLAGS - and CFLAGS when compiling a system for debugging. - This defaults to "-O -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g". + The options to pass in + TARGET_CFLAGS + and CFLAGS when compiling + a system for debugging. + This variable defaults to "-O -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g". DEFAULT_PREFERENCE - Priority of recipe + Specifies the priority of recipes. DEPENDS - A list of build time dependencies for a given recipe. These indicate - recipes that must have staged before this recipe can configure. + A list of build-time dependencies for a given recipe. + The variable indicates recipes that must have been staged before a + particular recipe can configure. DESCRIPTION - Package description used by package - managers + The package description used by package managers. DESTDIR - Destination directory + the destination directory. DISTRO - Short name of distribution + The short name of the distribution. DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS - List of packages required by distribution. + The list of packages required by the distribution. DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS - List of packages which extend usability of - image. Those packages will be automatically - installed but can be removed by user. + The list of packages which extend usability of the image. + Those packages will automatically be installed but can be removed by user. DISTRO_FEATURES - Features of the distribution. + The features of the distribution. DISTRO_NAME - Long name of distribution + The long name of the distribution. DISTRO_PN_ALIAS - Alias names of the recipe in various Linux distributions. - More information in - - Configuring the DISTRO_PN_ALIAS variable section - - + Alias names used for the recipe in various Linux distributions. + See + Handling a Package Name Alias section for more information. DISTRO_VERSION - Version of distribution + the version of the distribution. DL_DIR - Directory where all fetched sources will be stored + The directory where all fetched sources will be stored. @@ -291,9 +307,9 @@ ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION - Variable which control which locales for glibc are - to be generated during build (useful if target device - has 64M RAM or less) + Variable that controls which locales for glibc are + to be generated during the build (useful if the target device has 64Mbytes + of RAM or less). @@ -303,58 +319,58 @@ You set this variable in the local.conf configuration file. Note that some image features are also added using the - IMAGE_FEATURES + IMAGE_FEATURES variable generally configured in image recipes. - You can use the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES variable to add more features - in addition to those. + You can use this variable to add more features in addition to those. Here are some exmaples of features you can add: -"dbg-pkgs" - Adds -dbg packages for all installed packages - including symbol information for debugging and - profiling. + "dbg-pkgs" - Adds -dbg packages for all installed packages + including symbol information for debugging and + profiling. -"dev-pkgs" - Adds -dev packages for all installed packages. - This is useful if you want to develop against - the libraries in the image. + "dev-pkgs" - Adds -dev packages for all installed packages. + This is useful if you want to develop against + the libraries in the image. -"tools-sdk" - Adds development tools such as gcc, make, - pkgconfig and so forth. + "tools-sdk" - Adds development tools such as gcc, make, + pkgconfig and so forth. -"tools-debug" - Adds debugging tools such as gdb and - strace. + "tools-debug" - Adds debugging tools such as gdb and + strace. -"tools-profile" - Adds profiling tools such as oprofile, - exmap, lttng and valgrind (x86 only). + "tools-profile" - Adds profiling tools such as oprofile, + exmap, lttng and valgrind (x86 only). -"tools-testapps" - Adds useful testing tools such as ts_print, - aplay, arecord and so forth. + "tools-testapps" - Adds useful testing tools such as + ts_print, aplay, arecord and so + forth. -"debug-tweaks" - Makes an image suitable for development. - For example, ssh root access has a blank - password. There are other application - targets too, see meta/classes/poky-image.bbclass - and meta/packages/tasks/task-poky.bb - for more details. + "debug-tweaks" - Makes an image suitable for development. + For example, ssh root access has a blank + password. There are other application + targets too, see + meta/classes/poky-image.bbclass + and meta/packages/tasks/task-poky.bb + for more details. - EXTRA_OECMAKE - Additional cmake options + Additional cmake options. EXTRA_OECONF - Additional 'configure' script options + Additional configure script options. EXTRA_OEMAKE - Additional GNU make options + Additional GNU make options. @@ -364,17 +380,19 @@ FILES - list of directories/files which will be placed - in packages + list of directories or files that are placed in packages. FULL_OPTIMIZATION - The options to pass in TARGET_CFLAGS - and CFLAGS when compiling an optimised system. - This defaults to "-fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2". + The options to pass in + TARGET_CFLAGS + and CFLAGS + when compiling an optimised system. + This variable defaults to + -fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2. @@ -398,53 +416,52 @@ IMAGE_FEATURES - List of - features present in resulting images. - Typically you configure this variable in image recipes. + The list of features present in images. + Typically, you configure this variable in image recipes. Note that you can add extra features to the image by using the - EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES - variable. + EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES variable. + See the Reference: Images section for the + list of features present in images built by the Yocto Project. IMAGE_FSTYPES - Formats of rootfs images which we want to have - created + Formats of root filesystem images that you want to have created. IMAGE_INSTALL - List of packages used to build image + The list of packages used to build images. INC_PR Defines the Package revision. - You manually combine values for INC_PR into the PR field of the parent recipe. - When you change INC_PR you change the PR value for every person that includes the file. - + You manually combine values for INC_PR into the + PR field of the parent recipe. + When you change this variable, you change the PR + value for every person that includes the file. - The following example shows how to use INC_PR given a common .inc - that defines the variable. - Once defined, the variable can be used to set the PR value: + The following example shows how to use the INC_PR variable + given a common .inc file that defines the variable. + Once defined, you can use the variable to set the PR value: - -recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-util_1.1.1.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).1" -recipes-graphics/xorg-font/xorg-font-common.inc:INC_PR - "r1" -recipes-graphics/xorg-font/encondings_1.0.3.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).1" -recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" - + + recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-util_1.1.1.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).1" + recipes-graphics/xorg-font/xorg-font-common.inc:INC_PR - "r1" + recipes-graphics/xorg-font/encondings_1.0.3.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).1" + recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" + INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP - This variable causes the build to not strip binaries in - resulting packages. + Causes the build to not strip binaries in resulting packages. @@ -453,9 +470,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" INHERIT - This variable causes the named class to be inherited at - this point during parsing. Its only valid in configuration - files. + Causes the named class to be inherited at + this point during parsing. + The variable is only valid in configuration files. @@ -464,23 +481,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES - Scope: Used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. Optional, defaults to PN. + A list of the packages that contain initscripts. + If multiple packages are specified, you need to append the package name + to the other INITSCRIPT_* as an override. + + This variable is used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. + The variable is optional and defaults to PN. - - A list of the packages which contain initscripts. If multiple - packages are specified you need to append the package name - to the other INITSCRIPT_* as an override. - - + INITSCRIPT_NAME - Scope: Used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. Mandatory. + The filename of the initscript (as installed to ${etcdir}/init.d). - The filename of the initscript (as installed to ${etcdir}/init.d). + This variable is used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. + The variable is Mandatory. @@ -488,13 +506,14 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" INITSCRIPT_PARAMS - Scope: Used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. Mandatory. + Specifies the options to pass to update-rc.d. + An example is start 99 5 2 . stop 20 0 1 6 ., which gives the script a + runlevel of 99, starts the script in initlevels 2 and 5, and + stops the script in levels 0, 1 and 6. - Specifies the options to pass to update-rc.d. An example is - "start 99 5 2 . stop 20 0 1 6 ." which gives the script a - runlevel of 99, starts the script in initlevels 2 and 5 and - stops it in levels 0, 1 and 6. + The variable is mandatory and is used in recipes when using + update-rc.d.bbclass. @@ -510,9 +529,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" KERNEL_IMAGETYPE The type of kernel to build for a device, usually set by the - machine configuration files and defaults to "zImage". This is used - when building the kernel and is passed to "make" as the target to - build. + machine configuration files and defaults to "zImage". + This variable is used + when building the kernel and is passed to make as the target to + build. @@ -522,33 +542,35 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" LAYERDIR - When used inside a layer.conf gives the path of the - current layer. This variable requires immediate expansion - (see the Bitbake manual) as lazy expansion can result in - the expansion happening in the wrong directory and therefore - giving the wrong value. + When used inside the layer.conf configuration + file, this variable provides the path of the current layer. + This variable requires immediate expansion + (see the BitBake manual) as lazy expansion can result in + the expansion happening in the wrong directory and therefore + giving the wrong value. + LICENSE - List of package source licenses. + The list of package source licenses. + LIC_FILES_CHKSUM - Checksums of the license text in the recipe source code. - + Checksums of the license text in the recipe source code. This variable tracks changes in license text of the source - code files. If the license text is changed, it will trigger the build - failure, which gives developer an opportunity to review any - license change - This is an optional variable now, and the plan is to make - it a required variable in the future - See "meta/package/zlib/zlib_${PV}.bb" file for an example - - More information in - Configuring the LIC_FILES_CHKSUM variable section + code files. + If the license text is changed, it will trigger the build + failure, which gives the developer an opportunity to review any + license change + + Currently, this variable is optional. + The plan is to make it a required variable in the future. + For more information, see the + + Track License Change section @@ -558,47 +580,47 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" MACHINE - Target device + Specifies the target device. MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS - List of packages required to boot device + Specifies the list of packages required to boot the device. MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS - List of packages required to boot device (usually - additional kernel modules) + Specifies the list of packages required to boot the device (usually + additional kernel modules). MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS - List of packages required to use device + Specifies the list of packages required to use the devices MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMNEDS - List of packages useful to use device (for example + Specifies the list of packages useful to use the device (e.g. additional kernel modules) MACHINE_FEATURES - List of device features - defined in machine - features section + Specifies the list of device features. + See the Machine section for + more information. MAINTAINER - E-mail of distribution maintainer + The email address of the distribution maintainer. @@ -613,74 +635,85 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" PACKAGE_ARCH - Architecture of resulting package + The architecture of the resulting package. PACKAGE_CLASSES - List of resulting packages formats + Specifies the list of resulting package formats. PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION - Long form description of binary package for packaging sytems such as ipkg, rpm or debian, inherits DESCRIPTION by default + The long form description of the binary package for packaging sytems such as + ipkg, rpm or debian. + This variable inherits DESCRIPTION by default. PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS - List of architectures compatible with device - CPU. Usable when build is done for few different - devices with misc processors (like XScale and - ARM926-EJS) + Specifies the list of architectures compatible with the device CPU. + This variable is useful when you build for several different devices that use + miscellaneous processors such as XScale and ARM926-EJS). PACKAGE_SUMMARY - Short (72 char suggested) Summary of binary package for packaging sytems such as ipkg, rpm or debian, inherits DESCRIPTION by default + The short (72 character limit suggested) summary of the binary + package for packaging sytems such as ipkg, + rpm or debian. + By default, this variable inherits DESCRIPTION. PACKAGES - List of packages to be created from recipe. - The default value is "${PN}-dbg ${PN} ${PN}-doc ${PN}-dev" + The list of packages to be created from the recipe. + The default value is ${PN}-dbg ${PN} ${PN}-doc ${PN}-dev. PARALLEL_MAKE - Extra options that are passed to the make command during the - compile tasks. This is usually of the form '-j 4' where the number - represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can run. + Specifies extra options that are passed to the make command during the + compile tasks. + This variable is usually in the form -j 4, where the number + represents the maximum number of parallel threads make can run. + If you development host supports multiple cores a good rule of thumb is to set + this variable to one and a half times the number of cores on the host. PN - Name of package. + The name of the package. PR - Revision of package. The default value is "r0". + The revision of the package. + The default value for this variable is "r0". PV - Version of package. - This is normally extracted from the recipe name, e.g. if the recipe is named - "expat_2.0.1.bb" then PV will be "2.0.1". PV is generally not overridden within + The version of the package. + The version is normally extracted from the recipe name. + For example, if the recipe is named + expat_2.0.1.bb, then PV + will be 2.0.1. + PV is generally not overridden within a recipe unless it is building an unstable version from a source code repository - (git, svn, etc.). + (e.g. Git or Subversion). @@ -688,8 +721,9 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" PE - Epoch of the package. The default value is "0". The field is used - to make upgrades possible when the versioning scheme changes in + the epoch of the package. + The default value is "0". + The field is used to make upgrades possible when the versioning scheme changes in some backwards incompatible way. @@ -698,39 +732,46 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" PREFERRED_PROVIDER If multiple recipes provide an item, this variable - determines which one should be given preference. It - should be set to the "$PN" of the recipe to be preferred. + determines which recipe should be given preference. + The variable should be set to the $PN of the recipe + to which you want to give precedence. PREFERRED_VERSION - If there are multiple versions of recipe available, this - variable determines which one should be given preference. It - should be set to the "$PV" of the recipe to be preferred. + If there are multiple versions of recipes available, this + variable determines which recipe should be given preference. + The variable should be set to the $PV of the recipe + to whichy you want to give precedence. POKY_EXTRA_INSTALL - List of packages to be added to the image. This should - only be set in local.conf. + Specifies the list of packages to be added to the image. + This variable should only be set in the local.conf + configuration file found in the Yocto Project's build directory. POKYLIBC - Libc implementation selector - glibc, eglibc, or uclibc can be selected. + The libc implementation selector. + You can select glibc, eglibc, + or uclibc. POKYMODE - Toolchain selector. It can be external toolchain - built from Poky or few supported combinations of - upstream GCC or CodeSourcery Labs toolchain. + The toolchain selector. + This variable has been replaced by TCMODE. + The POKYMODE would select the external toolchain + built from the Yocto Project or a few supported combinations of + upstream GCC or CodeSourcery Labs toolchain. @@ -743,46 +784,46 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" RCONFLICTS - List of packages which conflict with this - one. Package will not be installed if they are not - removed first. + The list of packages that conflict with this package. + Note that the package will not be installed if the conflicting packages are not + first removed. RDEPENDS - A list of run-time dependencies for a package. These packages - need to be installed alongside the package it applies to so - the package will run correctly, an example is a perl script - which would rdepend on perl. Since this variable applies to - output packages there would usually be an override attached - to this variable like RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev. Names in this field - should be as they are in PACKAGES - namespace before any renaming of the output package - by classes like debian.bbclass. + A list of run-time dependencies for a package. + These packages need to be installed alongside the package to which + they apply. + This enables the package to run correctly. + For example, consider a Perl script, which depends on the Perl package. + Since this variable applies to + output packages, there would usually be an override attached + to this variable such as RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev. + Names in this field must appear as they appear in the + PACKAGES namespace before any + renaming of the output package by classes like debian.bbclass. ROOT_FLASH_SIZE - Size of rootfs in megabytes + The size of root filesystem as measured in megabytes. RRECOMMENDS - List of packages which extend usability of the - package. Those packages will be automatically - installed but can be removed by user. + The list of packages that extend usability of the package. + The packages are automatically installed but can be removed by user. RREPLACES - List of packages which are replaced with this - one. + The list of packages that are replaced with this package. @@ -793,25 +834,28 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" S - Path to unpacked sources (by default: - "${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}") + The path to unpacked sources. + By default, this path is + "${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV}". SECTION - Section where package should be put - used - by package managers + The section where package should be put. + Package managers use this variable. SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION - The variable takes the value of FULL_OPTIMIZATION - unless DEBUG_BUILD = "1" in which case - DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION is used. + The variable takes the value of + FULL_OPTIMIZATION + unless DEBUG_BUILD = "1". + In this case the value of + DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION is used. @@ -819,24 +863,24 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" SERIAL_CONSOLE - Speed and device for serial port used to attach - serial console. This is given to kernel as "console" - param and after boot getty is started on that port + The speed and device for the serial port used to attach the serial console. + This variable is given to the kernel as the "console" + parameter and after booting occurs getty is started on that port so remote login is possible. SSTATE_DIR - Directory for the shared state. + The directory for the shared state. SHELLCMDS - A list of commands to run within the a shell, used by TERMCMDRUN. + A list of commands to run within the shell. + The list is used by TERMCMDRUN. @@ -844,8 +888,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" SITEINFO_ENDIANESS - Contains "le" for little-endian or "be" for big-endian depending - on the endian byte order of the target system. + Specifies the endian byte order of the target system. + The variable is either "le" for little-endian or "be" for big-endian. @@ -853,27 +897,27 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" SITEINFO_BITS - Contains "32" or "64" depending on the number of bits for the - CPU of the target system. + Specifies the number of bits for the target system CPU. + The variable is either "32" or "64". SRC_URI - List of source files (local or remote ones) + The list of source files - local or remote. SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH - By default there is code which automatically detects whether - SRC_URI - contains files which are machine specific and if this is the case it - automatically changes - PACKAGE_ARCH. - Setting this variable to "0" disables that behaviour. + By default, the Yocto Project automatically detects whether + SRC_URI + contains files that are machine-specific. + If so, the Yocto Project automatically changes + PACKAGE_ARCH. + Setting this variable to "0" disables this behaviour. @@ -881,8 +925,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" SRCDATE - Date of source code used to build package (if it was fetched - from SCM). + The date of the source code used to build the package. + This variable applies only if the source was fetched from a Source Code Manager (SCM). @@ -890,8 +934,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" SRCREV - Revision of source code used to build package (Subversion, - GIT, Bazaar only). + The revision of the source code used to build the package. + This variable applies to Subversion, GitT, or Bazaar only. @@ -899,7 +943,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" STAGING_KERNEL_DIR - Directory with kernel headers required to build out-of-tree + The directory with kernel headers that are required to build out-of-tree modules. @@ -908,7 +952,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" STAMPS - Directory (usually TMPDIR/stamps) with timestamps of + The directory (usually TMPDIR/stamps) with timestamps of executed tasks. @@ -916,7 +960,10 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" SUMMARY - Short (72 char suggested) Summary of binary package for packaging systems such as ipkg, rpm or debian, inherits DESCRIPTION by default + The short (72 characters or less) summary of the binary package for packaging + systems such as ipkg, rpm or + debian. + By default, this variable inherits DESCRIPTION. @@ -926,17 +973,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" TARGET_ARCH - The architecture of the device we're building for. - A number of values are possible but Poky primarily supports - "arm" and "i586". + The architecture of the device being built. + While a number of values are possible, the Yocto Project primarily supports + arm and i586. TARGET_CFLAGS - Flags passed to C compiler for the target system. Evaluates to the same - as CFLAGS. + Flags passed to the C compiler for the target system. + This variable evaluates to the same as + CFLAGS. @@ -944,29 +992,45 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" TARGET_FPU - Method of handling FPU code. For FPU-less targets - (most of ARM cpus) it has to be set to "soft" otherwise - kernel emulation will get used which will result in - performance penalty. + Specifies the method for handling FPU code. + For FPU-less targets, which include most ARM CPUs, the variable must be + set to "soft". + If not, the kernel emulation gets used, which results in a performance penalty. TARGET_OS - Type of target operating system. Can be "linux" - for glibc based system, "linux-uclibc" for uClibc. For - ARM/EABI targets there are also "linux-gnueabi" and - "linux-uclibc-gnueabi" values possible. + Specifies the target's operating system. + The variable can be set to "linux" for glibc-based systems and + "linux-uclibc" for uClibc. + For ARM/EABI targets, there are also "linux-gnueabi" and + "linux-uclibc-gnueabi" values possible. + TCMODE + + The toolchain selector. + This variable replaces POKYMODE. + The variable determines which of the files in + meta/conf/distro/include/tcmode-* is used. + By default, TCMODE is set to "default", which + chooses tcmode-default.inc. + The variable is similar to TCLIBC, which controls the + libc used: eglibc or uclibc. + + + + TERMCMD - This command is used by bitbake to lauch a terminal window with a - shell. The shell is unspecified so the user's default shell is used. - By default it is set to gnome-terminal but it can - be any X11 terminal application or terminal multiplexers like screen. + This command is used by BitBake to lauch a terminal window with a + shell. + The shell is unspecified so the user's default shell is used. + By default, the variable is set to gnome-terminal but it can + be any X11 terminal application or terminal multiplexers-like screen. @@ -974,9 +1038,11 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" TERMCMDRUN - This command is similar to TERMCMD however instead of the users shell it runs the command specified by the SHELLCMDS variable. + This variable is similar to + TERMCMD. + However, instead of running the user's shell, the command specified by + the SHELLCMDS + variable is run. @@ -993,8 +1059,8 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/fiont-alias_1.0.2.bb:PR - "$(INC_PR).0" WORKDIR - Path to directory in tmp/work/ where package - will be built. + The path to directory in tmp/work/ where + the package is built.