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authorJacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com>2020-05-26 21:21:46 +0200
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2020-06-05 21:37:15 +0100
commit81833e0ee838bd3e93e84578f2828b559d94d399 (patch)
treeb54841465ac43c3150485dc62744d59dad4c5339 /bitbake
parent406b9a24344be35831f68eb8c30088b10ac65cee (diff)
downloadpoky-81833e0ee838bd3e93e84578f2828b559d94d399.tar.gz
bitbake: doc: Clarify how task dependencies relate to RDEPENDS
Clarify that BitBake knows how to map entries defined in the runtime dependency namespace back to build-time dependencies (recipes) in which tasks are defined. (Bitbake rev: e4695176ffdc5eb959f71a08f77ff6a8e028ffa9) Signed-off-by: Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> (cherry picked from commit caf422435ad64aacbdab8a94da3115599dd0938b) Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
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--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -2526,6 +2526,9 @@
2526 In the previous example, the <filename>do_packagedata</filename> 2526 In the previous example, the <filename>do_packagedata</filename>
2527 task of each item in <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> must have 2527 task of each item in <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> must have
2528 completed before <filename>do_package_qa</filename> can execute. 2528 completed before <filename>do_package_qa</filename> can execute.
2529 Although <filename>RDEPENDS</filename> contains entries from the
2530 runtime dependency namespace, BitBake knows how to map them back
2531 to the build-time dependency namespace, in which the tasks are defined.
2529 </para> 2532 </para>
2530 </section> 2533 </section>
2531 2534