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714 </para> 714 </para>
715</section> 715</section>
716 716
717<section id='ref-classes-distrodata'>
718 <title><filename>distrodata.bbclass</filename></title>
719
720 <para>
721 The <filename>distrodata</filename> class
722 provides for automatic checking for upstream recipe updates.
723 The class creates a comma-separated value (CSV) spreadsheet that
724 contains information about the recipes.
725 The information provides the
726 <link linkend='ref-tasks-distrodata'><filename>do_distrodata</filename></link>
727 and
728 <filename>do_distro_check</filename> tasks, which do upstream checking
729 and also verify if a package is used in multiple major distributions.
730 </para>
731
732 <para>
733 The class is not included by default.
734 To use it, you must set the
735 <link linkend='var-INHERIT'><filename>INHERIT</filename></link>
736 variable:
737 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
738 INHERIT+= "distrodata"
739 </literallayout>
740 </para>
741
742 <para>
743 The <filename>distrodata</filename> class also provides the
744 <link linkend='ref-tasks-checkpkg'><filename>do_checkpkg</filename></link>
745 task, which can be used against a simple recipe or against an
746 image to get all its recipe information.
747 </para>
748</section>
749
750<section id='ref-classes-distutils'> 717<section id='ref-classes-distutils'>
751 <title><filename>distutils*.bbclass</filename></title> 718 <title><filename>distutils*.bbclass</filename></title>
752 719