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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-04-16 11:24:18 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-04-17 22:34:32 +0100
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dev-manual: Edits to "Excluding Recipes From the Build" section.
(From yocto-docs rev: 926a855e4ebf88697ea2ecfe75aca4c402fdb4d4) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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3816 However, on rare occasions where you might want to use a 3816 However, on rare occasions where you might want to use a
3817 layer but exclude parts that are causing problems, such 3817 layer but exclude parts that are causing problems, such
3818 as introducing a different version of a recipe, you can 3818 as introducing a different version of a recipe, you can
3819 use <filename>BBMASK</filename> to exclude the recipe. 3819 use
3820 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBMASK'><filename>BBMASK</filename></ulink>
3821 to exclude the recipe.
3820 </para> 3822 </para>
3821 3823
3822 <para> 3824 <para>
3823 It is possible to filter or mask out <filename>.bb</filename> and 3825 It is possible to filter or mask out <filename>.bb</filename> and
3824 <filename>.bbappend</filename> files. 3826 <filename>.bbappend</filename> files.
3825 You can do this by providing an expression with the 3827 You can do this by providing an expression with the
3826 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBMASK'><filename>BBMASK</filename></ulink> 3828 <filename>BBMASK</filename> variable.
3827 variable.
3828 Here is an example: 3829 Here is an example:
3829 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 3830 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
3830 BBMASK = "/meta-mymachine/recipes-maybe/" 3831 BBMASK = "/meta-mymachine/recipes-maybe/"
3831 </literallayout> 3832 </literallayout>
3832 Here, all <filename>.bb</filename> and 3833 Here, all <filename>.bb</filename> and
3833 <filename>.bbappend</filename> files in the directory that matches 3834 <filename>.bbappend</filename> files in the directory that match
3834 the expression are ignored during the build process. 3835 the expression are ignored during the build process.
3835 See the glossary entry for the
3836 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBMASK'><filename>BBMASK</filename></ulink>
3837 variable for more information.
3838 </para> 3836 </para>
3839 3837
3840 <note> 3838 <note>
3841 The value you provide is passed to python's regular expression 3839 The value you provide is passed to Python's regular expression
3842 compiler. 3840 compiler.
3843 The expression is compared against the full paths to the files. 3841 The expression is compared against the full paths to the files.
3844 For complete syntax information, see python's documentation at 3842 For complete syntax information, see Python's documentation at
3845 <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/re-syntax.html'></ulink>. 3843 <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/re-syntax.html'></ulink>.
3846 </note> 3844 </note>
3847 </section> 3845 </section>