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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2011-09-26 12:20:07 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2011-10-04 14:01:38 +0100
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: updated RDEPENDS
Per Paul Eggleton's suggestion I updated the description of this variable. Some minor wording changes as well as covering two automatic handling features. (From yocto-docs rev: 15be3502ca20f657051e02d698b459328328fb14) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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888 This enables the package to run correctly. 888 This enables the package to run correctly.
889 For example, consider a Perl script, which depends on the Perl package. 889 For example, consider a Perl script, which depends on the Perl package.
890 Since this variable applies to 890 Since this variable applies to
891 output packages, there would usually be an override attached 891 output packages, there should always be an override attached
892 to this variable such as <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>. 892 to this variable specifying the runtime package to which to add the
893 dependency (e.g. <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>).
893 Names in this field must appear as they appear in the 894 Names in this field must appear as they appear in the
894 <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename> namespace before any 895 <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename> namespace before any
895 renaming of the output package by classes like <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>. 896 renaming of the output package by classes like <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>.
896 </para> 897 </para>
898 <para>
899 Some automatic handling occurs around the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>
900 variable:
901 <itemizedlist>
902 <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>shlibdeps</filename></emphasis>: If a runtime
903 package contains a shared library (<filename>.so</filename>), the build
904 processes the library in order to determine other libraries to which it
905 is dynamically linked.
906 The build process adds these libraries to <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>
907 to create the runtime package.</para></listitem>
908 <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>pcdeps</filename></emphasis>: If the package
909 ships a <filename>pkg-config</filename> information file, the build process
910 uses this file to add items to the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>
911 variable to create the runtime packages.
912 </para></listitem>
913 </itemizedlist>
914 </para>
897 </glossdef> 915 </glossdef>
898 </glossentry> 916 </glossentry>
899 917