<para>
It is important to realize that if you choose to not install
- a package using this variable and some other package is
- dependent on it (i.e. listed in a recipe's
+ packages using this variable and some other packages are
+ dependent on them (i.e. listed in a recipe's
<link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
- variable), the OpenEmbedded build system does not notify
- you with a dependency error.
- The specified package is simply not installed.
+ variable), the OpenEmbedded build system ignores your
+ request and will install the packages to avoid dependency
+ errors.
</para>
<para>
packages using this variable and some other packages are
dependent on them (i.e. listed in a recipe's
<link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
- variable), the OpenEmbedded build system does not notify
- you with dependency errors.
- The packages are simply not installed.
+ variable), the OpenEmbedded build system ignores your
+ request and will install the packages to avoid dependency
+ errors.
<note>
Some recommended packages might be required for certain
system functionality, such as kernel modules.
<glossentry id='var-PACKAGE_EXCLUDE'><glossterm>PACKAGE_EXCLUDE</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
- Lists "recommended-only" packages to not install.
- Recommended-only packages are packages installed only
- through the
- <link linkend='var-RRECOMMENDS'><filename>RRECOMMENDS</filename></link>
- variable.
- You can prevent any of these "recommended" packages from
- being installed by listing them with the
- <filename>PACKAGE_EXCLUDE</filename> variable:
+ Lists packages that should not be installed into an image.
+ For example:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
PACKAGE_EXCLUDE = "<package_name> <package_name> <package_name> ..."
</literallayout>