From: Peter Kjellerstedt <pkj@axis.com>
To: <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Document the EXTERNALSRC_EXTENSIONS variable
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 19:04:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211019170434.18700-1-pkj@axis.com> (raw)
EXTERNALSRC_EXTENSIONS is used to specify additional classes to inherit
when externalsrc is inherited.
Signed-off-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
---
This of course assumes that the corresponding change to OE-Core is
accepted.
documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 85f65cae35..8e7321fa20 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -2175,6 +2175,12 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:building software from an external source`"
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+ :term:`EXTERNALSRC_EXTENSIONS`
+ When inheriting the :ref:`externalsrc <ref-classes-externalsrc>`
+ class, this variable contains a list of additional classes that will
+ also be inherited. This allows for extending the externalsrc
+ functionality when it is active.
+
:term:`EXTRA_AUTORECONF`
For recipes inheriting the :ref:`autotools <ref-classes-autotools>`
class, you can use :term:`EXTRA_AUTORECONF` to specify extra options to
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2021-10-19 17:04 Peter Kjellerstedt [this message]
2021-10-20 15:45 ` [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: Document the EXTERNALSRC_EXTENSIONS variable Michael Opdenacker
[not found] ` <16AFC7A64FAFF929.12113@lists.yoctoproject.org>
2021-11-05 16:20 ` Michael Opdenacker
2021-11-05 17:05 ` Peter Kjellerstedt
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