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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-09-21 07:37:19 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-09-24 16:36:09 +0100 |
commit | 8b3aa00029e62df6d05710cf166fd5d09bdb29cf (patch) | |
tree | f714effbc2ca2c82f4694cc8c2cb9f15e64c97f3 /documentation/poky-ref-manual | |
parent | 9bc3b4486665d8e51cafdb717d69f0a01537b33a (diff) | |
download | poky-8b3aa00029e62df6d05710cf166fd5d09bdb29cf.tar.gz |
documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: Update B variable
Updated the glossary description for the B variable. There
was some confusing "source directory" terminology in there.
(From yocto-docs rev: 72fbf86ca9612a0dca741f08315efed1d9efa0b1)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/poky-ref-manual')
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 8a428278ff..1331d1adfc 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |||
@@ -93,14 +93,15 @@ | |||
93 | <glossentry id='var-B'><glossterm>B</glossterm> | 93 | <glossentry id='var-B'><glossterm>B</glossterm> |
94 | <glossdef> | 94 | <glossdef> |
95 | <para> | 95 | <para> |
96 | The directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system places | 96 | The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>build directory</ulink>. |
97 | generated objects during a recipe's build process. | 97 | The OpenEmbedded build system places generated objects into the build directory |
98 | during a recipe's build process. | ||
98 | By default, this directory is the same as the <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link> | 99 | By default, this directory is the same as the <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link> |
99 | directory: | 100 | directory: |
100 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 101 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
101 | B = ${WORKDIR}/${BPN}-{PV}/ | 102 | B = ${WORKDIR}/${BPN}-{PV}/ |
102 | </literallayout> | 103 | </literallayout> |
103 | You can separate the source directory (<filename>S</filename>) and the directory pointed to | 104 | You can separate the (<filename>S</filename>) directory and the directory pointed to |
104 | by the <filename>B</filename> variable. | 105 | by the <filename>B</filename> variable. |
105 | Most autotools-based recipes support separating these directories. | 106 | Most autotools-based recipes support separating these directories. |
106 | The build system defaults to using separate directories for <filename>gcc</filename> | 107 | The build system defaults to using separate directories for <filename>gcc</filename> |