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211 | use for this class. | 211 | use for this class. |
212 | <note> | 212 | <note> |
213 | For RPMs and other packages that do not contain a subdirectory, | 213 | For RPMs and other packages that do not contain a subdirectory, |
214 | you should specify a "subdir" parameter. | 214 | you should specify an appropriate fetcher parameter to point to |
215 | the subdirectory. | ||
216 | For example, if BitBake is using the Git fetcher | ||
217 | (<filename>git://</filename>), the "subpath" parameter limits | ||
218 | the checkout to a specific subpath of the tree. | ||
215 | Here is an example where <filename>${BP}</filename> is used so that | 219 | Here is an example where <filename>${BP}</filename> is used so that |
216 | the files are extracted into the subdirectory expected by the | 220 | the files are extracted into the subdirectory expected by the |
217 | default value of | 221 | default value of |
218 | <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link>: | 222 | <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link>: |
219 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 223 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
220 | SRC_URI = "http://example.com/downloads/somepackage.rpm;subdir=${BP}" | 224 | SRC_URI = "git://example.com/downloads/somepackage.rpm;subpath=${BP}" |
221 | </literallayout> | 225 | </literallayout> |
226 | See the | ||
227 | "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#bb-fetchers'>Fetchers</ulink>" | ||
228 | section in the BitBake User Manual for more information on | ||
229 | supported BitBake Fetchers. | ||
222 | </note> | 230 | </note> |
223 | </para> | 231 | </para> |
224 | </section> | 232 | </section> |