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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-07-05 08:03:59 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-07-06 09:39:24 +0100
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-structure.xml: Updated BitBake
The description of how BitBake is run and where its executable and wrapper script reside has been updated to be more accurate. Reported-by: Robert J. P. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> (From yocto-docs rev: 885b4c42a3ec3d228f1f5659a887627f4fe2d939) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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30 The copy usually matches the current stable BitBake release from the BitBake project. 30 The copy usually matches the current stable BitBake release from the BitBake project.
31 BitBake, a metadata interpreter, reads the Yocto Project metadata and runs the tasks 31 BitBake, a metadata interpreter, reads the Yocto Project metadata and runs the tasks
32 defined by that data. 32 defined by that data.
33 Failures are usually from the metadata and not 33 Failures are usually from the metadata and not from BitBake itself.
34 from BitBake itself.
35 Consequently, most users do not need to worry about BitBake. 34 Consequently, most users do not need to worry about BitBake.
36 The <filename>bitbake/bin/</filename> directory is placed 35 </para>
37 into the shell's <filename>PATH</filename> environment variable by the 36
38 <link linkend="structure-core-script">oe-init-build-env</link> script. 37 <para>
38 When you run the <filename>bitbake</filename> command, the wrapper script in
39 <filename>scripts/</filename> is executed to run the main BitBake executable,
40 which resides in the <filename>bitbake/bin/</filename> directory.
41 Sourcing the <link linkend="structure-core-script">oe-init-build-env</link>
42 script places the BitBake wrapper into the shell's <filename>PATH</filename> environment
43 variable.
39 </para> 44 </para>
40 45
41 <para> 46 <para>
42 For more information on BitBake, see the BitBake on-line manual at 47 For more information on BitBake, see the BitBake on-line manual at
43 <ulink url="http://bitbake.berlios.de/manual/"/>. 48 <ulink url="http://docs.openembedded.org/bitbake/html/"/>.
44 </para> 49 </para>
45 </section> 50 </section>
46 51