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Subject: Re: how to use SECTION in .bb file
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On 12/10/12 08:41, Liu wrote:
> Dear all, I want to add some packages to poky,then I faced a question
> : In a recipe there is "SECTION" variable,it is explaned where
> package should be put .But I do not understand what it really
> means.

It's for packages managers to allow them to group common packages
together in the user interface to make it easier to navigate the package
list.

Tomas