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authorJoshua Watt <Joshua.Watt@garmin.com>2020-08-31 12:25:53 -0500
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2020-09-17 10:09:35 +0100
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sphinx: dev-manual: Clarify that virtual providers do not apply to runtime dependencies
Clarifies that virtual providers are only used for build time dependencies specified with PROVIDES and DEPENDS, and do not apply to runtime dependencies specified with RPROVIDES and RDEPENDS. (From yocto-docs rev: dbca49573ce5c5c006c97f79d1107eafee83dc10) Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <Joshua.Watt@garmin.com> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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2243- ``virtual/libgles2``: Provides ``glesv2.pc`` (i.e. libGLESv2). 2243- ``virtual/libgles2``: Provides ``glesv2.pc`` (i.e. libGLESv2).
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2245.. note::
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2247 Virtual providers only apply to build time dependencies specified with
2248 :term:`PROVIDES` and :term:`DEPENDS`. They do not apply to runtime
2249 dependencies specified with :term:`RPROVIDES` and :term:`RDEPENDS`.
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2245Properly Versioning Pre-Release Recipes 2251Properly Versioning Pre-Release Recipes
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