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5<chapter id='ref-varlocality'>
6 <title>Variable Context</title>
7
8 <para>
9 While you can use most variables in almost any context such as
10 <filename>.conf</filename>, <filename>.bbclass</filename>,
11 <filename>.inc</filename>, and <filename>.bb</filename> files,
12 some variables are often associated with a particular locality or context.
13 This chapter describes some common associations.
14 </para>
15
16 <section id='ref-varlocality-configuration'>
17 <title>Configuration</title>
18
19 <para>
20 The following subsections provide lists of variables whose context is
21 configuration: distribution, machine, and local.
22 </para>
23
24 <section id='ref-varlocality-config-distro'>
25 <title>Distribution (Distro)</title>
26
27 <para>
28 This section lists variables whose configuration context is the
29 distribution, or distro.
30 <itemizedlist>
31 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename></para></listitem>
32 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'>DISTRO_NAME</link></filename>
33 </para></listitem>
34 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_VERSION'>DISTRO_VERSION</link>
35 </filename></para></listitem>
36 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MAINTAINER'>MAINTAINER</link></filename>
37 </para></listitem>
38 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link>
39 </filename></para></listitem>
40 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_OS'>TARGET_OS</link></filename>
41 </para></listitem>
42 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_FPU'>TARGET_FPU</link></filename>
43 </para></listitem>
44 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TCMODE'>TCMODE</link></filename>
45 </para></listitem>
46 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TCLIBC'>TCLIBC</link></filename>
47 </para></listitem>
48 </itemizedlist>
49 </para>
50 </section>
51
52 <section id='ref-varlocality-config-machine'>
53 <title>Machine</title>
54
55 <para>
56 This section lists variables whose configuration context is the
57 machine.
58 <itemizedlist>
59 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_ARCH'>TARGET_ARCH</link></filename>
60 </para></listitem>
61 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLES'>SERIAL_CONSOLES</link>
62 </filename></para></listitem>
63 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</link>
64 </filename></para></listitem>
65 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'>IMAGE_FSTYPES</link>
66 </filename></para></listitem>
67 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'>MACHINE_FEATURES</link>
68 </filename></para></listitem>
69 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS
70 </link></filename></para></listitem>
71 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS
72 </link></filename></para></listitem>
73 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS
74 </link></filename></para></listitem>
75 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'>
76 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</link></filename></para></listitem>
77 </itemizedlist>
78 </para>
79 </section>
80
81 <section id='ref-varlocality-config-local'>
82 <title>Local</title>
83
84 <para>
85 This section lists variables whose configuration context is the
86 local configuration through the <filename>local.conf</filename>
87 file.
88 <itemizedlist>
89 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename>
90 </para></listitem>
91 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></filename>
92 </para></listitem>
93 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DL_DIR'>DL_DIR</link></filename>
94 </para></listitem>
95 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BBFILES'>BBFILES</link></filename>
96 </para></listitem>
97 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES
98 </link></filename></para></listitem>
99 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link>
100 </filename></para></listitem>
101 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</link>
102 </filename></para></listitem>
103 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BBINCLUDELOGS'>BBINCLUDELOGS</link>
104 </filename></para></listitem>
105 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'>
106 ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</link></filename></para></listitem>
107 </itemizedlist>
108 </para>
109 </section>
110 </section>
111
112 <section id='ref-varlocality-recipes'>
113 <title>Recipes</title>
114
115 <para>
116 The following subsections provide lists of variables whose context is
117 recipes: required, dependencies, path, and extra build information.
118 </para>
119
120 <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-required'>
121 <title>Required</title>
122
123 <para>
124 This section lists variables that are required for recipes.
125 <itemizedlist>
126 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-LICENSE'>LICENSE</link>
127 </filename></para></listitem>
128 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</link>
129 </filename></para></listitem>
130 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</link></filename> - used
131 in recipes that fetch local or remote files.
132 </para></listitem>
133 </itemizedlist>
134 </para>
135 </section>
136
137 <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-dependencies'>
138 <title>Dependencies</title>
139
140 <para>
141 This section lists variables that define recipe dependencies.
142 <itemizedlist>
143 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link>
144 </filename></para></listitem>
145 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'>RDEPENDS</link>
146 </filename></para></listitem>
147 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RRECOMMENDS'>RRECOMMENDS</link>
148 </filename></para></listitem>
149 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RCONFLICTS'>RCONFLICTS</link>
150 </filename></para></listitem>
151 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RREPLACES'>RREPLACES</link>
152 </filename></para></listitem>
153 </itemizedlist>
154 </para>
155 </section>
156
157 <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-paths'>
158 <title>Paths</title>
159
160 <para>
161 This section lists variables that define recipe paths.
162 <itemizedlist>
163 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link>
164 </filename></para></listitem>
165 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-S'>S</link>
166 </filename></para></listitem>
167 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-FILES'>FILES</link>
168 </filename></para></listitem>
169 </itemizedlist>
170 </para>
171 </section>
172
173 <section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-build'>
174 <title>Extra Build Information</title>
175
176 <para>
177 This section lists variables that define extra build information for recipes.
178 <itemizedlist>
Patrick Williamsc0f7c042017-02-23 20:41:17 -0600179 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE'>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE
180 </link></filename></para></listitem>
Patrick Williamsc124f4f2015-09-15 14:41:29 -0500181 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECMAKE'>EXTRA_OECMAKE</link>
182 </filename></para></listitem>
183 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link>
184 </filename></para></listitem>
185 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</link>
186 </filename></para></listitem>
Patrick Williamsc0f7c042017-02-23 20:41:17 -0600187 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS'>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</link>
188 </filename></para></listitem>
Patrick Williamsc124f4f2015-09-15 14:41:29 -0500189 <listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename>
190 </para></listitem>
Patrick Williamsc124f4f2015-09-15 14:41:29 -0500191 </itemizedlist>
192 </para>
193 </section>
194 </section>
195</chapter>
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