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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-04-02 14:57:26 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-04-04 14:13:45 +0100
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ref-manual: Re-write of the EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES variable.
Modeled this after the re-write of the IMAGE_FEATURES variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 14f9e9926ad8abc0e2936ac59c90514406675bd3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -946,14 +946,22 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed
946 946
947 <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'><glossterm>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES</glossterm> 947 <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'><glossterm>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES</glossterm>
948 <glossdef> 948 <glossdef>
949 <para>Allows you to add extra packages to the generated images. 949 <para>
950 You set this variable in the <filename>local.conf</filename> 950 The list of additional features to include in an image.
951 configuration file. 951 Typically, you configure this variable in an image recipe.
952 Note that some image features are also added using the 952 You can also configure it in the <filename>local.conf</filename>
953 <filename><link linkend='var-IMAGE_FEATURES'>IMAGE_FEATURES</link></filename> 953 file found in the
954 variable generally configured in image recipes. 954 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
955 You can use this variable to add more features in addition to those. 955 <note>
956 Here are some examples of features you can add:</para> 956 Use the
957 <link linkend='var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><filename>IMAGE_FEATURES</filename></link>
958 variable to define the primary list of features you want to
959 add to the image.
960 </note>
961 </para>
962
963 <para>
964 Here are some examples of features you can add:
957 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 965 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
958"dbg-pkgs" - Adds -dbg packages for all installed packages 966"dbg-pkgs" - Adds -dbg packages for all installed packages
959 including symbol information for debugging and 967 including symbol information for debugging and
@@ -981,10 +989,21 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed
981 password. You should remove this feature 989 password. You should remove this feature
982 before you produce a production image. 990 before you produce a production image.
983 </literallayout> 991 </literallayout>
992 </para>
984 993
985 <para>There are other valid features too, see the 994 <para>
986 <link linkend='ref-features-image'>Images</link> 995 For a complete list of image features that ships with the
987 section for more details.</para> 996 Yocto Project, see the
997 "<link linkend="ref-features-image">Images</link>"
998 section.
999 </para>
1000
1001 <para>
1002 For some examples that show how to customize your image by
1003 using this variable, see the
1004 "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#usingpoky-extend-customimage-imagefeatures'>Customizing Images Using Custom <filename>IMAGE_FEATURES</filename> and <filename>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES</filename></ulink>"
1005 section in the Yocto Project Development Manual.
1006 </para>
988 </glossdef> 1007 </glossdef>
989 </glossentry> 1008 </glossentry>
990 1009