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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-09-01 14:25:33 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-23 15:27:32 +0100
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ref-manual: Added new note item to the DEPENDS note box.
Fixes [YOCTO #10198] The new note helps clarify runtime dependencies. (From yocto-docs rev: e9eba1260df4ef5f3245149f0436eae5ca68c78b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -2828,6 +2828,18 @@
2828 the sysroot. 2828 the sysroot.
2829 </para></listitem> 2829 </para></listitem>
2830 <listitem><para> 2830 <listitem><para>
2831 One recipe having another recipe in
2832 <filename>DEPENDS</filename> does not by itself
2833 add any runtime dependencies between the
2834 packages produced by the two recipes.
2835 However, as explained in the
2836 <link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
2837 glossary entry, runtime dependencies will often
2838 be added automatically, meaning
2839 <filename>DEPENDS</filename> alone is
2840 sufficient for most recipes.
2841 </para></listitem>
2842 <listitem><para>
2831 Counterintuitively, 2843 Counterintuitively,
2832 <filename>DEPENDS</filename> is often necessary 2844 <filename>DEPENDS</filename> is often necessary
2833 even for recipes that install precompiled 2845 even for recipes that install precompiled