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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-09-21 07:37:19 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-09-24 16:36:09 +0100
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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>
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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
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@@ -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>