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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-09-21 14:26:06 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-28 15:02:32 +0100
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ref-manual: Updated the PACKAGES variable description
Fixes [YOCTO #10294] Provided text noting that if packages in the PACKAGES list are empty are not generated, unless generation is forced through the ALLOW_EMPTY variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 1c89e0edf7e038f733b9b95bb884648d953b9574) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -9297,6 +9297,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
9297 for more than one package in <filename>PACKAGES</filename>, 9297 for more than one package in <filename>PACKAGES</filename>,
9298 it will be assigned to the earliest (leftmost) package. 9298 it will be assigned to the earliest (leftmost) package.
9299 </para> 9299 </para>
9300
9301 <para>
9302 Packages in the variable's list that are empty (i.e. where
9303 none of the patterns in
9304 <filename>FILES_</filename><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
9305 match any files installed by the
9306 <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
9307 task) are not generated, unless generation is forced through
9308 the
9309 <link linkend='var-ALLOW_EMPTY'><filename>ALLOW_EMPTY</filename></link>
9310 variable.
9311 </para>
9300 </glossdef> 9312 </glossdef>
9301 </glossentry> 9313 </glossentry>
9302 9314