ref-manual: Fleshed out the do_compile task.

Fixes [YOCTO #9964]

Added more detailed information to the do_compile task.  Also, provided
some information about oe_runmake in the base.bbclass refrence.
Finally, put some detail in the "Shared State" section concerning
do_deploy[dirs].

(From yocto-docs rev: 5d0612a57cc8e035a2194ada21e65055ef2b8a2e)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index 193787d312..8535d2c6e8 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -754,11 +754,13 @@
                     section in the BitBake User Manual.
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
-                    The
-                    <filename>do_deploy[dirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR} ${B}"</filename>
+                    The <filename>do_deploy[dirs] = "${DEPLOYDIR} ${B}"</filename>
                     line creates <filename>${DEPLOYDIR}</filename> and
                     <filename>${B}</filename> before the
-                    <filename>do_deploy</filename> task runs.
+                    <filename>do_deploy</filename> task runs, and also sets
+                    the current working directory of
+                    <filename>do_deploy</filename> to
+                    <filename>${B}</filename>.
                     For more information, see the
                     "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#variable-flags'>Variable Flags</ulink>"
                     section in the BitBake User Manual.