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Chapter 9. Reference
The default values for the section variables are:
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SECTION = "base"
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SECTION_${PN}-doc = "doc"
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SECTION_${PN}-dev = "devel"
Note that each package generated by a recipe can have it’s own section and that by default
documentation and development files are seperated out to their own sections.
The table of sections show the current usage of section information. This is a recomendation only,
althought it is recomended that any additions or modifications be discusssed via the open embedded
developer mailing list first.
Section
Description
admin
base
Base system files. These are applications which are expected to be included as
part of a base system and include things such as init scripts, core utilities,
standard system daemons etc.
base/shell
Shells such as bash, tcsh, ksh etc.
bootloaders
Bootloaders, which are the applications responsible for loading the kernel from
the appropriate location (disk, flash, network, etc.) and starting it running.
console
Applications which run on the console. These require no GUI related libraries
or interfaces to run.
console/editors
console/games
console/multimedia
console/network
console/scientific
console/telephony
console/tools
console/utils
devel
Development related files. These include compilers, libraries, headers,
debuggers etc.
devel/libs
devel/perl
devel/python
devel/rexx
devel/ruby
devel/scheme
devel/tcltk
doc
Documentation, including man pages and sample configuration files.
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