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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-12-11 12:07:58 -0600 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-01-07 14:43:25 +0000 |
commit | ed0a240e1632682ec4c33341f3e24ad71773cdfc (patch) | |
tree | 201557f498b77b9f51fad7e12a6009f74aca4c65 /documentation/ref-manual/eclipse/html/poky-ref-manual/ref-classes-update-alternatives.html | |
parent | af19d889ef320f9625aae42eed6688b5cc739793 (diff) | |
download | poky-ed0a240e1632682ec4c33341f3e24ad71773cdfc.tar.gz |
documentation: Rename of poky-ref-manual folder to ref-manual.
Changing the folder that holds the YP Reference Manual to be
"ref-manual". This will help with confustion over the manual's
intended purpose.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1106442964b5080cb0b6b3bd3af32e9407c0f7c1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 | <html> | ||
2 | <head> | ||
3 | <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> | ||
4 | <title>7.3. Alternatives - update-alternatives.bbclass</title> | ||
5 | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../book.css"> | ||
6 | <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"> | ||
7 | <link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Yocto Project Reference Manual"> | ||
8 | <link rel="up" href="ref-classes.html" title="Chapter 7. Classes"> | ||
9 | <link rel="prev" href="ref-classes-autotools.html" title="7.2. Autotooled Packages - autotools.bbclass"> | ||
10 | <link rel="next" href="ref-classes-update-rc.d.html" title="7.4. Initscripts - update-rc.d.bbclass"> | ||
11 | </head> | ||
12 | <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="section" title="7.3. Alternatives - update-alternatives.bbclass"> | ||
13 | <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> | ||
14 | <a name="ref-classes-update-alternatives"></a>7.3. Alternatives - <code class="filename">update-alternatives.bbclass</code> | ||
15 | </h2></div></div></div> | ||
16 | <p> | ||
17 | Several programs can fulfill the same or similar function and be installed with the same name. | ||
18 | For example, the <code class="filename">ar</code> command is available from the | ||
19 | <code class="filename">busybox</code>, <code class="filename">binutils</code> and | ||
20 | <code class="filename">elfutils</code> packages. | ||
21 | The <code class="filename">update-alternatives.bbclass</code> class handles renaming the | ||
22 | binaries so that multiple packages can be installed without conflicts. | ||
23 | The <code class="filename">ar</code> command still works regardless of which packages are installed | ||
24 | or subsequently removed. | ||
25 | The class renames the conflicting binary in each package and symlinks the highest | ||
26 | priority binary during installation or removal of packages. | ||
27 | </p> | ||
28 | <p> | ||
29 | Four variables control this class: | ||
30 | </p> | ||
31 | <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"> | ||
32 | <li class="listitem"><p><code class="filename">ALTERNATIVE_NAME</code> ‐ The name of the | ||
33 | binary that is replaced (<code class="filename">ar</code> in this example).</p></li> | ||
34 | <li class="listitem"><p><code class="filename">ALTERNATIVE_LINK</code> ‐ The path to | ||
35 | the resulting binary (<code class="filename">/bin/ar</code> in this example).</p></li> | ||
36 | <li class="listitem"><p><code class="filename">ALTERNATIVE_PATH</code> ‐ The path to the | ||
37 | real binary (<code class="filename">/usr/bin/ar.binutils</code> in this example).</p></li> | ||
38 | <li class="listitem"><p><code class="filename">ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY</code> ‐ The priority of | ||
39 | the binary. | ||
40 | The version with the most features should have the highest priority.</p></li> | ||
41 | </ul></div> | ||
42 | <p> | ||
43 | </p> | ||
44 | <p> | ||
45 | Currently, the OpenEmbedded build system supports only one binary per package. | ||
46 | </p> | ||
47 | </div></body> | ||
48 | </html> | ||