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<code>SECTION</code> - Top level package section. base, kernel, libs, x11, x11/utils.  This appears to be similar to a bbclass. How is this used?
<code>SECTION</code> - Top level package section. base, kernel, libs, x11, x11/utils.  This appears to be similar to a bbclass. How is this used?


'DESCRIPTION' - Description of package to be built.  I assume this shows up in the ipkg meta data.
<code>DESCRIPTION</code> - Description of package to be built.  I assume this shows up in the ipkg meta data.


'LICENSE' - GPL or other.  How is this used?
<code>LICENSE</code> - GPL or other.  How is this used?


'DEPENDS' - This package cannot be built/recipe not baked until the packages/recipes listed in DEPENDS have been built/baked.
<code>DEPENDS</code> - This package cannot be built/recipe not baked until the packages/recipes listed in DEPENDS have been built/baked.


'PR - How is this used?
<code>PR</code> - How is this used?


'DEFAULT_PREFERENCE' - How is this used?
<code>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE</code> - How is this used?

Revision as of 17:11, 10 December 2008

OpenEmbedded Recipes

This is my log of trying to understand what each element of a .bb file is.

linux recipes

Definitions

SECTION - Top level package section. base, kernel, libs, x11, x11/utils. This appears to be similar to a bbclass. How is this used?

DESCRIPTION - Description of package to be built. I assume this shows up in the ipkg meta data.

LICENSE - GPL or other. How is this used?

DEPENDS - This package cannot be built/recipe not baked until the packages/recipes listed in DEPENDS have been built/baked.

PR - How is this used?

DEFAULT_PREFERENCE - How is this used?