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Evaluates to the same + as <link linkend='var-TARGET_CFLAGS'>TARGET_CFLAGS</link>. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-COMPATIBLE_MACHINES'><glossterm>COMPATIBLE_MACHINES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A regular expression which evalutates to match the machines the recipe + works with. It stops recipes being run on machines they're incompatible with + which is partciuarly useful with kernels. It also helps to to increase parsing + speed as if its found the current machine is not compatible, further parsing + of the recipe is skipped.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-CONFIG_SITE'><glossterm>CONFIG_SITE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Contains a list of files which containing autoconf test results relevant + to the current build. This variable is used by the autotools utilities + when running configure. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id='var-CVS_TARBALL_STASH'><glossterm>CVS_TARBALL_STASH</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Location to search for + pre-generated tarballs when fetching from remote SCM + repositories (CVS/SVN/GIT)</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-d'><title>D</title> + + <glossentry id='var-D'><glossterm>D</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Destination directory</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DEBUG_BUILD'><glossterm>DEBUG_BUILD</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Build packages with debugging information. This influences the value + <link linkend='var-SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION'>SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION</link> + takes. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + The options to pass in <link linkend='var-TARGET_CFLAGS'>TARGET_CFLAGS</link> + and <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'>CFLAGS</link> when compiling a system for debugging. + This defaults to "-O -fno-omit-frame-pointer -g". + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE'><glossterm>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Priority of recipe</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DEPENDS'><glossterm>DEPENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + A list of build time dependencies for a given recipe. These indicate + recipes that must have staged before this recipe can configure. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DESCRIPTION'><glossterm>DESCRIPTION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Package description used by package + managers</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DESTDIR'><glossterm>DESTDIR</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Destination directory</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DISTRO'><glossterm>DISTRO</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Short name of distribution</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages required by distribution.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages which extend usability of + image. Those packages will be automatically + installed but can be removed by user.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_FEATURES'><glossterm>DISTRO_FEATURES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Features of the distribution.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_NAME'><glossterm>DISTRO_NAME</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Long name of distribution</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DISTRO_VERSION'><glossterm>DISTRO_VERSION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Version of distribution</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-DL_DIR'><glossterm>DL_DIR</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Directory where all fetched sources will be stored</para> + </glossdef> + + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-e'><title>E</title> + + <glossentry id='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'><glossterm>ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Variable which control which locales for glibc are + to be generated during build (useful if target device + has 64M RAM or less)</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_OECONF'><glossterm>EXTRA_OECONF</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Additional 'configure' script options</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'><glossterm>EXTRA_OEMAKE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Additional GNU make options</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-f'><title>F</title> + + <glossentry id='var-FILES'><glossterm>FILES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>list of directories/files which will be placed + in packages</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-FULL_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>FULL_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + The options to pass in <link linkend='var-TARGET_CFLAGS'>TARGET_CFLAGS</link> + and <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'>CFLAGS</link> when compiling an optimised system. + This defaults to "-fexpensive-optimizations -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -O2". + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-g'><title>G</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-h'><title>H</title> + + <glossentry id='var-HOMEPAGE'><glossterm>HOMEPAGE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Website where more info about package can be found</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-i'><title>I</title> + + <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><glossterm>IMAGE_FEATURES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para><link linkend="ref-features-image">List of + features</link> present in resulting images</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><glossterm>IMAGE_FSTYPES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Formats of rootfs images which we want to have + created</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-IMAGE_INSTALL'><glossterm>IMAGE_INSTALL</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages used to build image</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP'><glossterm>INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + This variable causes the build to not strip binaries in + resulting packages. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id='var-INHERIT'><glossterm>INHERIT</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + This variable causes the named class to be inherited at + this point during parsing. Its only valid in configuration + files. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id='var-INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES'><glossterm>INITSCRIPT_PACKAGES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Scope: Used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. Optional, defaults to PN. + </para> + <para> + A list of the packages which contain initscripts. If multiple + packages are specified you need to append the package name + to the other INITSCRIPT_* as an override. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-INITSCRIPT_NAME'><glossterm>INITSCRIPT_NAME</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Scope: Used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. Mandatory. + </para> + <para> + The filename of the initscript (as installed to ${etcdir}/init.d). + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-INITSCRIPT_PARAMS'><glossterm>INITSCRIPT_PARAMS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Scope: Used in recipes when using update-rc.d.bbclass. Mandatory. + </para> + <para> + Specifies the options to pass to update-rc.d. An example is + "start 99 5 2 . stop 20 0 1 6 ." which gives the script a + runlevel of 99, starts the script in initlevels 2 and 5 and + stops it in levels 0, 1 and 6. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + </glossdiv> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-j'><title>J</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-k'><title>K</title> + + <glossentry id='var-KERNEL_IMAGETYPE'><glossterm>KERNEL_IMAGETYPE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The type of kernel to build for a device, usually set by the + machine configuration files and defaults to "zImage". This is used + when building the kernel and is passed to "make" as the target to + build.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-l'><title>L</title> + + <glossentry id='var-LICENSE'><glossterm>LICENSE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of package source licenses.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-m'><title>M</title> + + <glossentry id='var-MACHINE'><glossterm>MACHINE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Target device</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages required to boot device</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOOMENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages required to boot device (usually + additional kernel modules)</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages required to use device</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMNEDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages useful to use device (for example + additional kernel modules)</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'><glossterm>MACHINE_FEATURES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of device features - defined in <link + linkend='ref-features-machine'>machine + features section</link></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-MAINTAINER'><glossterm>MAINTAINER</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>E-mail of distribution maintainer</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + </glossdiv> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-n'><title>N</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-o'><title>O</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-p'><title>P</title> + + <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Architecture of resulting package</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'><glossterm>PACKAGE_CLASSES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of resulting packages formats</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'><glossterm>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of architectures compatible with device + CPU. Usable when build is done for few different + devices with misc processors (like XScale and + ARM926-EJS)</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PACKAGES'><glossterm>PACKAGES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages to be created from recipe. + The default value is "${PN}-dbg ${PN} ${PN}-doc ${PN}-dev"</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PN'><glossterm>PN</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Name of package. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PR'><glossterm>PR</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Revision of package. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PV'><glossterm>PV</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Version of package. + The default value is "1.0"</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PE'><glossterm>PE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Epoch of the package. The default value is "1". The field is used + to make upgrades possible when the versioning scheme changes in + some backwards incompatible way. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PREFERRED_PROVIDER'><glossterm>PREFERRED_PROVIDER</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>If multiple recipes provide an item, this variable + determines which one should be given preference. It + should be set to the "$PN" of the recipe to be preferred.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-PREFERRED_VERSION'><glossterm>PREFERRED_VERSION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + If there are multiple versions of recipe available, this + variable determines which one should be given preference. It + should be set to the "$PV" of the recipe to be preferred. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-POKYLIBC'><glossterm>POKYLIBC</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Libc implementation selector - glibc or uclibc can be selected.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-POKYMODE'><glossterm>POKYMODE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Toolchain selector. It can be external toolchain + built from Poky or few supported combinations of + upstream GCC or CodeSourcery Labs toolchain.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-q'><title>Q</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-r'><title>R</title> + + <glossentry id='var-RCONFLICTS'><glossterm>RCONFLICTS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages which which conflict with this + one. Package will not be installed if they will not + be removed first.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-RDEPENDS'><glossterm>RDEPENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + A list of run-time dependencies for a package. These packages + need to be installed alongside the package it applies to so + the package will run correctly, an example is a perl script + which would rdepend on perl. Since this variable applies to + output packages there would usually be an override attached + to this variable like RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev. Names in this field + should be as they are in <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES + </link> namespave before any renaming of the output package + by classes like debian.bbclass. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-ROOT_FLASH_SIZE'><glossterm>ROOT_FLASH_SIZE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Size of rootfs in megabytes</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-RRECOMMENDS'><glossterm>RRECOMMENDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages which extend usability of + package. Those packages will be automatically + installed but can be removed by user.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-RREPLACES'><glossterm>RREPLACES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of packages which are replaced with this + one.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-s'><title>S</title> + + <glossentry id='var-S'><glossterm>S</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Path to unpacked sources (by default: + "${<link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link>}/${<link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link>}-${<link linkend='var-PV'>PV</link>}") + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SECTION'><glossterm>SECTION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Section where package should be put - used + by package managers</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION'><glossterm>SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + The variable takes the value of <link linkend='var-FULL_OPTIMIZATION'>FULL_OPTIMIZATION</link> + unless <link linkend='var-DEBUG_BUILD'>DEBUG_BUILD</link> = "1" in which case + <link linkend='var-DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION'>DEBUG_OPTIMIZATION</link> is used. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'><glossterm>SERIAL_CONSOLE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Speed and device for serial port used to attach + serial console. This is given to kernel as "console" + param and after boot getty is started on that port + so remote login is possible.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SHELLCMDS'><glossterm>SHELLCMDS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + A list of commands to run within the a shell, used by <glossterm><link + linkend='var-TERMCMDRUN'>TERMCMDRUN</link></glossterm>. It defaults to + <glossterm><link linkend='var-SHELLRCCMD'>SHELLRCCMD</link></glossterm>. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SHELLRCCMD'><glossterm>SHELLRCCMD</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + How to launch a shell, defaults to bash. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SITEINFO_ENDIANESS'><glossterm>SITEINFO_ENDIANESS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Contains "le" for little-endian or "be" for big-endian depending + on the endian byte order of the target system. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SITEINFO_BITS'><glossterm>SITEINFO_BITS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Contains "32" or "64" depending on the number of bits for the + CPU of the target system. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI'><glossterm>SRC_URI</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>List of source files (local or remote ones)</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH'><glossterm>SRC_URI_OVERRIDES_PACKAGE_ARCH</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + By default there is code which automatically detects whether + <glossterm><link linkend='var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</link></glossterm> + contains files which are machine specific and if this is the case it + automatically changes + <glossterm><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_ARCH'>PACKAGE_ARCH</link></glossterm>. + Setting this variable to "0" disables that behaviour. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SRCDATE'><glossterm>SRCDATE</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Date of source code used to build package (if it was fetched + from SCM). + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-SRCREV'><glossterm>SRCREV</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Revision of source code used to build package (Subversion, + GIT, Bazaar only). + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-STAGING_KERNEL_DIR'><glossterm>STAGING_KERNEL_DIR</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Directory with kernel headers required to build out-of-tree + modules. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-STAMPS'><glossterm>STAMPS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Directory (usually TMPDIR/stamps) with timestamps of + executed tasks. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-t'><title>T</title> + + <glossentry id='var-TARGET_ARCH'><glossterm>TARGET_ARCH</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The architecture of the device we're building for. + A number of values are possible but Poky primarily supports + "arm" and "i586".</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-TARGET_CFLAGS'><glossterm>TARGET_CFLAGS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Flags passed to C compiler for the target system. Evaluates to the same + as <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'>CFLAGS</link>. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + + <glossentry id='var-TARGET_FPU'><glossterm>TARGET_FPU</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Method of handling FPU code. For FPU-less targets + (most of ARM cpus) it has to be set to "soft" otherwise + kernel emulation will get used which will result in + performance penalty.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-TARGET_OS'><glossterm>TARGET_OS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Type of target operating system. Can be "linux" + for glibc based system, "linux-uclibc" for uClibc. For + ARM/EABI targets there are also "linux-gnueabi" and + "linux-uclibc-gnueabi" values possible.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-TERMCMD'><glossterm>TERMCMD</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + This command is used by bitbake to lauch a terminal window with a + shell. The shell is unspecified so the user's default shell is used. + By default it is set to <command>gnome-terminal</command> but it can + be any X11 terminal application or terminal multiplexers like screen. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry id='var-TERMCMDRUN'><glossterm>TERMCMDRUN</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + This command is similar to <glossterm><link + linkend='var-TERMCMD'>TERMCMD</link></glossterm> however instead of the users shell it runs the command specified by the <glossterm><link + linkend='var-SHELLCMDS'>SHELLCMDS</link></glossterm> variable. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-u'><title>U</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-v'><title>V</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + + <glossdiv id='var-glossary-w'><title>W</title> + + <glossentry id='var-WORKDIR'><glossterm>WORKDIR</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Path to directory in tmp/work/ where package + will be built.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glossdiv> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-x'><title>X</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-y'><title>Y</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + +<!-- <glossdiv id='var-glossary-z'><title>Z</title>--> +<!-- </glossdiv>--> + +</glossary> +</appendix> +<!-- +vim: expandtab tw=80 ts=4 +--> |