[yocto] Can any one please tell the what is the exact difference between DEPENDS and RDEPENDS

[Burton, Ross]

On 9 October 2015 at 10:16, Vivek Per <pervivek at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I have one more doubt when RDEPENDS variable depends is packages . Do you
> know why RDEPENDS variable in (rootfs-image.bb recipe) which inherit
> core-image. why RDEPENDS cant able to install packages in final roofs image
> apart from IMAGE_INSTALL .
>

Because an image isn't a package.  RDEPENDS works on packages.  To specify
what goes into an image, use IMAGE_INSTALL and related variables.

Ross
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