The .bb
files are usually referred to as "recipes."
In general, a recipe contains information about a single piece of software.
This information includes the location from which to download the
unaltered source, any source patches to be applied to that source
(if needed), which special configuration options to apply,
how to compile the source files, and how to package the compiled output.
The term "package" is sometimes used to refer to recipes. However,
since the word "package" is used for the packaged output from the OpenEmbedded
build system (i.e. .ipk
or .deb
files),
this document avoids using the term "package" when referring to recipes.