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9539 | </glossdef> | 9539 | </glossdef> |
9540 | </glossentry> | 9540 | </glossentry> |
9541 | 9541 | ||
9542 | <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_ADD_METADATA'><glossterm>PACKAGE_ADD_METADATA</glossterm> | ||
9543 | <info> | ||
9544 | PACKAGE_ADD_METADATA[doc] = "This variable defines additional metadata to add to packages." | ||
9545 | </info> | ||
9546 | <glossdef> | ||
9547 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> | ||
9548 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> | ||
9549 | This variable defines additional metdata to add to packages. | ||
9550 | </para> | ||
9551 | |||
9552 | <para> | ||
9553 | You may find you need to inject additional metadata into | ||
9554 | packages. This variable allows you to do that by setting | ||
9555 | the injected data as the value. Multiple fields can be | ||
9556 | added by splitting the content with the literal separator | ||
9557 | "\n". | ||
9558 | </para> | ||
9559 | |||
9560 | <para> | ||
9561 | The suffixes '_IPK', '_DEB', or '_RPM' can be applied to | ||
9562 | the variable to do package type specific settings. It can | ||
9563 | also be made package specific by using the package name as | ||
9564 | a suffix. | ||
9565 | </para> | ||
9566 | |||
9567 | <para> | ||
9568 | You can find out more about applying this variable in | ||
9569 | the | ||
9570 | "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#adding-custom-metadata-to-packages'>Adding custom metadata to packages</ulink>" | ||
9571 | section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. | ||
9572 | </para> | ||
9573 | </glossdef> | ||
9574 | </glossentry> | ||
9575 | |||
9542 | <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm> | 9576 | <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm> |
9543 | <info> | 9577 | <info> |
9544 | PACKAGE_ARCH[doc] = "The architecture of the resulting package or packages." | 9578 | PACKAGE_ARCH[doc] = "The architecture of the resulting package or packages." |