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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-11-11 08:55:53 -0800 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-12-03 12:53:07 +0000 |
commit | 6ac98af75ce994fd763b286fcd99adbee1d92851 (patch) | |
tree | 2a6b6385545b4e3987496a4983d3e9832f2f908a /documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | |
parent | 88312722890aa95c0f91e2b5ac72241f545c7bd1 (diff) | |
download | poky-6ac98af75ce994fd763b286fcd99adbee1d92851.tar.gz |
dev-manual: Updated Build Directory term
The examples went stale. Two out of three did not work. I have
provided new examples that work.
Reporte-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 0a3695f3f6a5b31617f4a5da960677f87733b825)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 600c789a6d..d10f629a4a 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | |||
@@ -510,27 +510,40 @@ | |||
510 | The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TOPDIR'><filename>TOPDIR</filename></ulink> | 510 | The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TOPDIR'><filename>TOPDIR</filename></ulink> |
511 | variable points to the Build Directory.</para> | 511 | variable points to the Build Directory.</para> |
512 | 512 | ||
513 | <para>You have a lot of flexibility when creating the Build Directory. | 513 | <para> |
514 | Following are some examples that show how to create the directory: | 514 | You have a lot of flexibility when creating the Build |
515 | Directory. | ||
516 | Following are some examples that show how to create the | ||
517 | directory. | ||
518 | The examples assume your | ||
519 | <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link> is | ||
520 | named <filename>poky</filename>: | ||
515 | <itemizedlist> | 521 | <itemizedlist> |
516 | <listitem><para>Create the Build Directory in your current working directory | 522 | <listitem><para>Create the Build Directory inside your |
517 | and name it <filename>build</filename>. | 523 | Source Directory and let the name of the Build |
518 | This is the default behavior. | 524 | Directory default to <filename>build</filename>: |
519 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 525 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
520 | $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; | 526 | $ cd $HOME/poky |
527 | $ source &OE_INIT_FILE; | ||
521 | </literallayout></para></listitem> | 528 | </literallayout></para></listitem> |
522 | <listitem><para>Provide a directory path and specifically name the build | 529 | <listitem><para>Create the Build Directory inside your |
523 | directory. | 530 | home directory and specifically name it |
524 | This next example creates a Build Directory named <filename>YP-&POKYVERSION;</filename> | 531 | <filename>test-builds</filename>: |
525 | in your home directory within the directory <filename>mybuilds</filename>. | ||
526 | If <filename>mybuilds</filename> does not exist, the directory is created for you: | ||
527 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 532 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
528 | $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; $HOME/mybuilds/YP-&POKYVERSION; | 533 | $ cd $HOME |
534 | $ source poky/&OE_INIT_FILE; test-builds | ||
529 | </literallayout></para></listitem> | 535 | </literallayout></para></listitem> |
530 | <listitem><para>Provide an existing directory to use as the Build Directory | 536 | <listitem><para>Provide a directory path and |
531 | and use the default <filename>build</filename> name. | 537 | specifically name the build directory. |
538 | Any intermediate folders in the pathname must | ||
539 | exist. | ||
540 | This next example creates a Build Directory named | ||
541 | <filename>YP-&POKYVERSION;</filename> | ||
542 | in your home directory within the existing | ||
543 | directory <filename>mybuilds</filename>: | ||
532 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 544 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
533 | $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; $HOME/mybuilds/ | 545 | $cd $HOME |
546 | $ source $HOME/poky/&OE_INIT_FILE; $HOME/mybuilds/YP-&POKYVERSION; | ||
534 | </literallayout></para></listitem> | 547 | </literallayout></para></listitem> |
535 | </itemizedlist> | 548 | </itemizedlist> |
536 | </para></listitem> | 549 | </para></listitem> |