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<appendix id='ref-varlocality'>
<title>Reference: Variable Locality (Distro, Machine, Recipe etc.)</title>
<title>Reference: Variable Context</title>
<para>
Whilst most variables can be used in almost any context (.conf, .bbclass,
.inc or .bb file), variables are often associated with a particular
locality/context. This section describes some common associations.
While most variables can be used in almost any context such as
<filename>.conf</filename>, <filename>.bbclass</filename>,
<filename>.inc</filename>, and <filename>.bb</filename> files,
some variables are often associated with a particular locality or context.
This appendix describes some common associations.
</para>
<section id='ref-varlocality-config-distro'>
<title>Distro Configuration</title>
<section id='ref-varlocality-configuration'>
<title>Configuration</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-DISTRO'><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'><link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'>DISTRO_NAME</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-DISTRO_VERSION'><link linkend='var-DISTRO_VERSION'>DISTRO_VERSION</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MAINTAINER'><link linkend='var-MAINTAINER'>MAINTAINER</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-TARGET_OS'><link linkend='var-TARGET_OS'>TARGET_OS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-TARGET_FPU'><link linkend='var-TARGET_FPU'>TARGET_FPU</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-POKYMODE'><link linkend='var-POKYMODE'>POKYMODE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-POKYLIBC'><link linkend='var-POKYLIBC'>POKYLIBC</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The following subsections provide lists of variables whose context is
configuration: distribution, machine, and local.
</para>
<section id='ref-varlocality-config-distro'>
<title>Distribution (Distro)</title>
<para>
This section lists variables whose context is the distribution, or distro.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_NAME'>DISTRO_NAME</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_VERSION'>DISTRO_VERSION</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MAINTAINER'>MAINTAINER</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_OS'>TARGET_OS</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_FPU'>TARGET_FPU</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-POKYMODE'>POKYMODE</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TCMODE'>TCMODE</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-POKYLIBC'>POKYLIBC</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-config-machine'>
<title>Machine</title>
<para>
This section lists variables whose context is the machine.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-TARGET_ARCH'>TARGET_ARCH</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'>SERIAL_CONSOLE</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'>IMAGE_FSTYPES</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-ROOT_FLASH_SIZE'>ROOT_FLASH_SIZE</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'>MACHINE_FEATURES</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS
</link></filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS
</link></filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS
</link></filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS'>
MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS</link></filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-config-local'>
<title>Local</title>
<para>
This section lists variables whose context is the local configuration through the
<filename>local.conf</filename> file.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DL_DIR'>DL_DIR</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BBFILES'>BBFILES</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES
</link></filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-BBINCLUDELOGS'>BBINCLUDELOGS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'>
ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</link></filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-config-machine'>
<title>Machine Configuration</title>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipes'>
<title>Recipes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-TARGET_ARCH'><link linkend='var-TARGET_ARCH'>TARGET_ARCH</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'><link linkend='var-SERIAL_CONSOLE'>SERIAL_CONSOLE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'>PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'><link linkend='var-IMAGE_FSTYPES'>IMAGE_FSTYPES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-ROOT_FLASH_SIZE'><link linkend='var-ROOT_FLASH_SIZE'>ROOT_FLASH_SIZE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'><link linkend='var-MACHINE_FEATURES'>MACHINE_FEATURES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'><link linkend='var-MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS'>MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS'><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS'>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RDEPENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS'><link linkend='var-MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS'>MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_RRECOMMENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<para>
The following subsections provide lists of variables whose context is
recipes: required, dependencies, path, and extra build information.
</para>
<section id='ref-varlocality-config-local'>
<title>Local Configuration (local.conf)</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-DISTRO'><link linkend='var-DISTRO'>DISTRO</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-MACHINE'><link linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-DL_DIR'><link linkend='var-DL_DIR'>DL_DIR</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-BBFILES'><link linkend='var-BBFILES'>BBFILES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'><link linkend='var-EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES'>EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-BBINCLUDELOGS'><link linkend='var-BBINCLUDELOGS'>BBINCLUDELOGS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'><link linkend='var-ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION'>ENABLE_BINARY_LOCALE_GENERATION</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-required'>
<title>Required</title>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-required'>
<title>Recipe Variables - Required</title>
<para>
This section lists variables that are required for recipes.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DESCRIPTION'>DESCRIPTION</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-LICENSE'>LICENSE</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SECTION'>SECTION</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-HOMEPAGE'>HOMEPAGE</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-AUTHOR'>AUTHOR</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-DESCRIPTION'>DESCRIPTION</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-LICENSE'>LICENSE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM'>LIC_FILES_CHKSUM</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-SECTION'>SECTION</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-HOMEPAGE'>HOMEPAGE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-AUTHOR'>AUTHOR</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-SRC_URI'>SRC_URI</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-dependencies'>
<title>Dependencies</title>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-dependencies'>
<title>Recipe Variables - Dependencies</title>
<para>
This section lists variables that define recipe dependencies.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'>RDEPENDS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RRECOMMENDS'>RRECOMMENDS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RCONFLICTS'>RCONFLICTS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-RREPLACES'>RREPLACES</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'>RDEPENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-RRECOMMENDS'>RRECOMMENDS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-RCONFLICTS'>RCONFLICTS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-RREPLACES'>RREPLACES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-paths'>
<title>Paths</title>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-paths'>
<title>Recipe Variables - Paths</title>
<para>
This section lists variables that define recipe paths.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-S'>S</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-FILES'>FILES</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-S'>S</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-FILES'>FILES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-build'>
<title>Extra Build Information</title>
<section id='ref-varlocality-recipe-build'>
<title>Recipe Variables - Extra Build Information</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link
linkend='var-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS'>DISTRO_PN_ALIAS</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECMAKE'>EXTRA_OECMAKE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><glossterm><link linkend='var-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE'>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE</link></glossterm></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
This section lists variables that define extra build information for recipes.
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DISTRO_PN_ALIAS'>DISTRO_PN_ALIAS</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECMAKE'>EXTRA_OECMAKE</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</link>
</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename><link linkend='var-DEFAULT_PREFERENCE'>DEFAULT_PREFERENCE
</link></filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
</section>
</appendix>
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