Re: [docs] [PATCH] dev-manual: fully define SOLIBS-related variables in bitbake.conf

On Fri, 19 Jun 2026, Quentin Schulz wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> On 6/11/26 1:39 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> >
> > The current (abridged) SOLIBS-related variables were not included in
> > their entirety so add the missing content.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/prebuilt-libraries.rst
> > b/documentation/dev-manual/prebuilt-libraries.rst
> > index 59621ca16..9cc8bd2d9 100644
> > --- a/documentation/dev-manual/prebuilt-libraries.rst
> > +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/prebuilt-libraries.rst
> > @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ default :term:`FILES` variables in ``bitbake.conf``
> > are::
> >
> >      SOLIBS = ".so.*"
> >      SOLIBSDEV = ".so"
> > -   FILES:${PN} = "... ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS} ..."
> > -   FILES_SOLIBSDEV ?= "... ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ..."
> > +   FILES:${PN} = "... ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS} ... ${base_libdir}/*${SOLIBS}
> > ..."
> > +   FILES_SOLIBSDEV ?= "${base_libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}
> > ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}"
>
> Funny that the ${PN} package matches all *.so.* in base_libdir while the -dev
> package only matches lib*.so.
>
> In any case, that would be an issue in OE-COre, not the docs, thus

  i didn't even notice that. BTW, did we ever clarify the consequences
of having some pathnames in bitbake.conf using "/*" and others not? as
in:

FILES:${PN} = "${bindir}/* ${sbindir}/* ${libexecdir}/* ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBS} \
            ${sysconfdir} ${sharedstatedir} ${localstatedir} \
            ...

rday