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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-10-05 08:47:47 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-10-11 08:51:22 +0100
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ref-manual: Updated the do_sysroot_populate task description.
Fixes [YOCTO #10377] Added more detail and linked it to key variables. (From yocto-docs rev: d82c1d4e8cc95bee718388cfeced1566ce8569a0) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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460 <title><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></title> 460 <title><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></title>
461 461
462 <para> 462 <para>
463 Copies a subset of the files installed by the 463 Stages (copies) a subset of the files installed by the
464 <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link> 464 <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
465 task into the sysroot directory 465 task into the appropriate sysroot.
466 <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link><filename>}</filename> 466 For information on how to make these files available to other
467 to make them available to other recipes. 467 recipes, see the
468 Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build 468 <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>
469 time are skipped. 469 variable.
470 Skipped files include files installed into 470 Directories that would typically not be needed by other recipes at
471 <filename>/etc.</filename> 471 build time (e.g. <filename>/etc</filename>) are not copied by
472 For information on what files are copied, see the 472 default.
473 <link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></link> 473 </para>
474 class. 474
475 <para>
476 For information on what directories are copied by default, see the
477 <link linkend='var-SYSROOT_DIRS'><filename>SYSROOT_DIRS*</filename></link>
478 variables.
479 You can change these variables inside your recipe if you need
480 to make additional (or fewer) directories available to other
481 recipes at build time.
475 </para> 482 </para>
476 483
477 <para> 484 <para>