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author | Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com> | 2010-05-28 15:21:49 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> | 2010-06-02 14:06:02 +0100 |
commit | 2ccd2e67c5768e59316b086fa70fef837eecb53a (patch) | |
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Handbook: Documentation for LIC_FILES_CHKSUM
Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
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diff --git a/handbook/ref-variables.xml b/handbook/ref-variables.xml index 6e8c91b305..b4d5639ec1 100644 --- a/handbook/ref-variables.xml +++ b/handbook/ref-variables.xml | |||
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395 | <para>List of package source licenses.</para> | 395 | <para>List of package source licenses.</para> |
396 | </glossdef> | 396 | </glossdef> |
397 | </glossentry> | 397 | </glossentry> |
398 | <glossentry id='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'><glossterm>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</glossterm> | ||
399 | <glossdef> | ||
400 | <para>Checksums of the license text in the recipe source code. | ||
401 | </para> | ||
402 | <para>This variables tracks changes in license text of the source | ||
403 | code files. If the license text is changed it triggers the build | ||
404 | failure. Which gives developer an oppurtunity to review any | ||
405 | license changes</para> | ||
406 | <para> This is an optional variable now. And the plan is to make | ||
407 | it a required variable in the future </para> | ||
408 | <para>See the "meta/package/zlib/zlib_${PV}.bb" file for an example</para> | ||
409 | </glossdef> | ||
410 | </glossentry> | ||
398 | 411 | ||
399 | </glossdiv> | 412 | </glossdiv> |
400 | 413 | ||