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authorRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-03-09 18:47:30 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-03-09 18:59:00 -0700
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bitbake: user-manual-metadata.xml: Add details about environment variables used by BitBake
(Bitbake rev: 91d3e60a48d2269adfd0084eb6f1bcdb211dbce1) Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml
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@@ -958,6 +958,19 @@
958 <title>Configuration files</title> 958 <title>Configuration files</title>
959 959
960 <para> 960 <para>
961 Prior to parsing configuration files, Bitbake looks
962 at certain variables, including:
963 <itemizedlist>
964 <listitem><para><filename>BB-ENV-WHITELIST</filename></para></listitem>
965 <listitem><para><filename>BB_PRESERVE-ENV</filename></para></listitem>
966 <listitem><para><filename>BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE</filename></para></listitem>
967 <listitem><para><filename>BB_ORIG_ENV</filename></para></listitem>
968 <listitem><para><filename>PREFERRED_VERSIONS</filename></para></listitem>
969 <listitem><para><filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDERS</filename></para></listitem>
970 </itemizedlist>
971 </para>
972
973 <para>
961 The first kind of metadata in BitBake is configuration metadata. 974 The first kind of metadata in BitBake is configuration metadata.
962 This metadata is global, and therefore affects all packages and 975 This metadata is global, and therefore affects all packages and
963 tasks that are executed. 976 tasks that are executed.