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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-07-18 11:58:52 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-08-01 12:14:59 +0100
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ref-manual: Updated the do_configure task.
Added more detail for this task. Fixes [YOCTO #9965] (From yocto-docs rev: e50207488b8262bb46e58c4b9f40e487c15abc67) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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100 <para> 100 <para>
101 Configures the source by enabling and disabling any build-time and 101 Configures the source by enabling and disabling any build-time and
102 configuration options for the software being built. 102 configuration options for the software being built.
103 The task runs with the current working directory set to
104 <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-B'><filename>B</filename></link><filename>}</filename>.
105 </para>
106
107 <para>
108 The default behavior of this task is to run
109 <filename>oe_runmake clean</filename> if a makefile
110 (<filename>Makefile</filename>, <filename>makefile</filename>,
111 or <filename>GNUmakefile</filename>) is found and
112 <link linkend='var-CLEANBROKEN'><filename>CLEANBROKEN</filename></link>
113 is not set to "1".
114 If no such file is found or the <filename>CLEANBROKEN</filename>
115 variable is set to "1", the <filename>do_configure</filename>
116 task does nothing.
103 </para> 117 </para>
104 </section> 118 </section>
105 119