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how to use SECTION in .bb file

DISCUSSION Liu 2 participants 2 messages Oct 12, 2012

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Dear all,
I want to add some packages to poky,then I faced a question :
In a recipe there is "SECTION" variable,it is explaned where package should be put .But I do not understand what it really means.Can anyone tell me about this ? Best wishes !
---------Liu

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Dear all, I want to add some packages to poky,then I faced a question : In a recipe there is "SECTION" variable,it is explaned where package should be put .But I do not understand what it really means.

It's for packages managers to allow them to group common packages together in the user interface to make it easier to navigate the package list.

Tomas