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Mingcong Bai edited this page Feb 27, 2016 · 4 revisions

File Filters/Manipulators

Autobuild3 comes with a series of file filters meant to aid packagers when handling certain packages.

Currently, Autobuild3 supports the following filters:

  • elf: filter for handling ELF files found in the packaging root $PKGDIR.
  • info_dir: filter to remove /usr/share/info/dir in the packaging root.
  • lib_archives: filter to remove all libtools archive files, or .la in the packaging root.
  • mancompress: filter for compressing man pages found in the packaging root.
  • perl_local: filter to remove perllocal.pod file found in the packaging root.

Behavior of individual filters can be configured.

"elf" filter options

Here below is a list of options for the elf filter. Option variables should be appended to autobuild/defines or its respective architectural counterpart.

ABSTRIP= expects a binary value (0/1) that decides whether to strip the ELF files found in the packaging root (defaults to 1 or "on").

ABELFDEP= expects a binary value (0/1) that decides whether to automatically detect ELF dependencies using the package manager backend (experimental; defaults to 0 or "off").

NOSTATIC= expects a binary value (0/1) that decides whether to purge all static libraries from the packaging root (defaults to 1 or "on").

"lib_archives" filter options

Here below is a list of options for the lib_archives filter. Option variables should be appended to autobuild/defines or its respective architectural counterpart.

NOLIBTOOL= expects a binary value (0/1) that decides whether to purge all libtool archives or .la from the packaging root (defaults to 1 or "on").

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