From 2eaf843f4876b784c95e3141b268b76615f2777c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 11:17:46 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Added new description for PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY Fixes [YOCTO #7906] I added a new description for the variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 2a99b80abeee05a11aba9ab339d989a7d616b597) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 1357386ddf..43715da5d8 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -8354,6 +8354,32 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" + PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY + + PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY[doc] = "Prevents specific packages from being installed when you are installing complementary packages." + + + + + Prevents specific packages from being installed when + you are installing complementary packages. + + + + You might find that you want to prevent installing certain + packages when you are installing complementary packages. + For example, if you are using + IMAGE_FEATURES + to install dev-pkgs, you might not want + to install all packages from a particular multilib. + If you find yourself in this situation, you can use the + PACKAGE_EXCLUDE_COMPLEMENTARY variable + to specify regular expressions to match the packages you + want to exclude. + + + + PACKAGE_EXCLUDE PACKAGE_EXCLUDE[doc] = "Packages to exclude from the installation. If a listed package is required, an error is generated."