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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-03-05 11:19:15 -0600 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-03-08 12:08:06 -0800 |
commit | 4db23d60007d06197b9387555efc503398655b19 (patch) | |
tree | 38b6c4f5d13df36460ca17fccd28742710af11aa /documentation | |
parent | c38b2de6305ea192096c0c9cad04bd12237f2fc1 (diff) | |
download | poky-4db23d60007d06197b9387555efc503398655b19.tar.gz |
documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: New glossary entries
Added glossary entries for FILESPATH and FILESEXTRAPATHS. Although
the user is not supposed to manually edit FILESPATH, the entry is
necessary I feel in order to better understand the FILESEXTRAPATHS
variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: 67357174148859ace6bf605c3ebc0bf49b761753)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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-rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 65 |
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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index fe1c63528c..8356cb4a5c 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |||
@@ -613,6 +613,71 @@ | |||
613 | </glossdef> | 613 | </glossdef> |
614 | </glossentry> | 614 | </glossentry> |
615 | 615 | ||
616 | <glossentry id='var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><glossterm>FILESEXTRAPATHS</glossterm> | ||
617 | <glossdef> | ||
618 | <para> | ||
619 | Extends the search path the Yocto Project build system uses when | ||
620 | looking for files and patches as it processes recipes. | ||
621 | The directories BitBake uses when it processes recipes is defined by the | ||
622 | <link linkend='var-FILESPATH'><filename>FILESPATH</filename></link> variable. | ||
623 | You can add directories to the search path by defining the | ||
624 | <filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename> variable. | ||
625 | </para> | ||
626 | |||
627 | <para> | ||
628 | To add paths to the search order, provide a list of directories and separate | ||
629 | each path using a colon character as follows: | ||
630 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
631 | FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "path_1:path_2:path_3:" | ||
632 | </literallayout> | ||
633 | Typically, you want your directories search first. | ||
634 | To make sure that happens, use <filename>_prepend</filename> and | ||
635 | the immediate expansion (<filename>:=</filename>) operator as shown in the | ||
636 | previous example. | ||
637 | Finally, to maintain the integrity of the <filename>FILESPATH</filename> variable, | ||
638 | you must inclued the appropriate beginning or ending (as needed) colon character. | ||
639 | </para> | ||
640 | |||
641 | <para> | ||
642 | The <filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename> variable is intended for use in | ||
643 | <filename>.bbappend</filename> files to include any additional files provided in that layer. | ||
644 | You typically accomplish this with the following: | ||
645 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
646 | FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:" | ||
647 | </literallayout> | ||
648 | </para> | ||
649 | </glossdef> | ||
650 | </glossentry> | ||
651 | |||
652 | <glossentry id='var-FILESPATH'><glossterm>FILESPATH</glossterm> | ||
653 | <glossdef> | ||
654 | <para> | ||
655 | The default set of directories the Yocto Project build system uses | ||
656 | when searching for patches and files. | ||
657 | During the build process, BitBake searches each directory in | ||
658 | <filename>FILESPATH</filename> in the specified order when looking for | ||
659 | files and patches specified by each <filename>file://</filename> URI in a recipe. | ||
660 | </para> | ||
661 | |||
662 | <para> | ||
663 | The default value for the <filename>FILESPATH</filename> variable is defined | ||
664 | in the <filename>base.bbclass</filename> class found in | ||
665 | <filename>meta/classes</filename> in the | ||
666 | <ulink url='http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-files'>Yocto Project Files</ulink>: | ||
667 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
668 | FILESPATH = "${@base_set_filespath([ "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${PF}", \ | ||
669 | "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${P}", "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${PN}", \ | ||
670 | "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BP}", "${FILE_DIRNAME}/${BPN}", \ | ||
671 | "${FILE_DIRNAME}/files", "${FILE_DIRNAME}" ], d)}" | ||
672 | </literallayout> | ||
673 | Do not hand-edit the <filename>FILESPATH</filename> variable. | ||
674 | If you want to extend the set of pathnames that BitBake uses when searching for | ||
675 | files and patches, use the | ||
676 | <link linkend='var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><filename>FILESEXTRAPATHS</filename></link> variable. | ||
677 | </para> | ||
678 | </glossdef> | ||
679 | </glossentry> | ||
680 | |||
616 | <glossentry id='var-FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES'><glossterm>FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES</glossterm> | 681 | <glossentry id='var-FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES'><glossterm>FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES</glossterm> |
617 | <glossdef> | 682 | <glossdef> |
618 | <para>Allows you to define your own file permissions settings table as part of | 683 | <para>Allows you to define your own file permissions settings table as part of |