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PURL Type Definition: yocto

  • Type Name: Yocto Project
  • Description: Yocto Project recipes
  • Schema ID: https://packageurl.org/types/yocto-definition.json

PURL Syntax​

The structure of a PURL for this package type is:

pkg:yocto/<namespace>/<name>@<version>?<qualifiers>#<subpath>

Repository Information​

  • Use Repository: Yes
  • Note: There is no default package repository. The classifier repository_url is optional.

Namespace definition​

  • Requirement: Optional
  • Native Label: layer
  • Note: The namespace is the name of the layer which provides the recipe. The layer name as specified in the BBFILE_COLLECTIONS variable in conf/layer.conf of the layer.

Name definition​

  • Requirement: Required
  • Case Sensitive: Yes
  • Native Label: BPN
  • Note: The name of the package with common prefixes and suffixes removed, also known as BPN (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/variables.html#term-BPN) in a yocto recipe.

Version definition​

  • Requirement: Optional
  • Native Label: PV
  • Note: The version of the package also known as PV (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/variables.html#term-PV>) in a yocto recipe.

Qualifiers Definition​

KeyRequirementNative nameDefault ValueDescription
repository_urlOptionalThe GIT URL of the layer. In example: https:%2F%2Fgit.openembedded.org%2Fopenembedded-core or https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fakuster%2Fmeta-odroid. The URL scheme is mandatory and must be one of https, http, ssh, or git.
layer_versionOptionallayer_version is the version of the yocto layer which is a SHA1 commit, tag or branch of the yocto layer GIT repository. It should support also short commits (https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Revision-Selection#_short_sha_1).

Examples​

  • pkg:yocto/core/glibc@2.35
  • pkg:yocto/core/glibc@2.35&repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgit.openembedded.org%2Fopenembedded-core&layer_version=kirkstone
  • pkg:yocto/core/glibc@2.35&repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgit.openembedded.org%2Fopenembedded-core&layer_version=25ba9895b9
  • pkg:yocto/core/glibc@2.35&repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgit.openembedded.org%2Fopenembedded-core&layer_version=25ba9895b98715adb66a06e50f644aea2e2c9eb6
  • pkg:yocto/xilinx/u-boot-xlnx-uenv@1.0.0
  • pkg:yocto/odroid-layer/emmc@1.0.0?layer_version=4e07fab&repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fakuster%2Fmeta-odroid