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dev-manual: Edits to "Making Sure the Packaging is Done" section. 

(From yocto-docs rev: 3b588d0cf33613365615a4a5f1280995f7a053c4)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2013-04-16 09:47:50 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<para>
To ensure the module packaging actually gets done, you use
the <filename>do_split_packages</filename> function within
the <filename>populate_packages</filename> python function
the <filename>populate_packages</filename> Python function
in your recipe.
The <filename>do_split_packages</filename> function
searches for a pattern of files or directories under a
specified path and creates a package for each one it finds
by appending to the <filename>PACKAGES</filename> variable
and setting the appropriate values for
by appending to the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></ulink>
variable and setting the appropriate values for
<filename>FILES_packagename</filename>,
<filename>RDEPENDS_packagename</filename>,
<filename>DESCRIPTION_packagename</filename>, and so forth.
@ -3218,7 +3219,8 @@
Thus, if a file in <filename>${libdir}</filename>
called <filename>mod_alias.so</filename> is found,
a package called <filename>lighttpd-module-alias</filename>
is created for it and the <filename>DESCRIPTION</filename>
is created for it and the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DESCRIPTION'><filename>DESCRIPTION</filename></ulink>
is set to "Lighttpd module for alias".</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@ -3226,8 +3228,8 @@
<para>
Often, packaging modules is as simple as the previous
example.
However, more advanced options exist that you can employ
to <filename>do_split_packages</filename> to modify its
However, more advanced options exist that you can use
within <filename>do_split_packages</filename> to modify its
behavior.
And, if you need to, you can add more logic by specifying
a hook function that is called for each package.
@ -3241,7 +3243,8 @@
<filename>do_split_packages</filename>, see the
<filename>connman.inc</filename> file in the
<filename>meta/recipes-connectivity/connman/</filename>
directory of the <filename>poky</filename> source repository.
directory of the <filename>poky</filename>
<link linkend='yocto-project-repositories'>source repository</link>.
You can also find examples in
<filename>meta/classes/kernel.bbclass</filename>.
</para>