ref-manual: Updated the WORKDIR variable description.

Removed the machine-dependent and machine-independent descriptions.
Created matching description from the "Writing a New Recipe"
section.

(From yocto-docs rev: 89a00beb81be60668abfdd67b13f5ee5bdc7ea1c)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index d6c4a76a2b..61f374806d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -7194,58 +7194,52 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-WORKDIR'><glossterm>WORKDIR</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    The pathname of the work directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system
-                    builds a recipe.
+                    The pathname of the work directory in which the OpenEmbedded
+                    build system builds a recipe.
                     This directory is located within the
-                    <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link> directory structure and changes
-                    as different packages are built.
+                    <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link>
+                    directory structure and changes as different packages are
+                    built.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    The actual <filename>WORKDIR</filename> directory depends on several things:
-                    <itemizedlist>
-                        <listitem>The temporary directory - <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link></listitem>
-                        <listitem>The package architecture - <link linkend='var-PACKAGE_ARCH'><filename>PACKAGE_ARCH</filename></link></listitem>
-                        <listitem>The target machine - <link linkend='var-MACHINE'><filename>MACHINE</filename></link></listitem>
-                        <listitem>The target operating system - <link linkend='var-TARGET_OS'><filename>TARGET_OS</filename></link></listitem>
-                        <listitem>The recipe name - <link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link></listitem>
-                        <listitem>The recipe version - <link linkend='var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></link></listitem>
-                        <listitem>The recipe revision - <link linkend='var-PR'><filename>PR</filename></link></listitem>
-                    </itemizedlist>
-                </para>
-
-                <para>
-                    For packages that are not dependent on a particular machine,
-                    <filename>WORKDIR</filename> is defined as follows:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ${TMPDIR}/work/${PACKAGE_ARCH}-poky-${TARGET_OS}/${PN}/${PV}-${PR}
-                    </literallayout>
-                    As an example, assume a
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink> top-level
-                    folder name <filename>poky</filename> and a default
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
-                    at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
-                    In this case, the work directory the build system uses to build
-                    the <filename>v86d</filename> package is the following:
+                    The <filename>WORKDIR</filename> directory is defined as
+                    follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/v86d/01.9-r0
+     ${TMPDIR}/work/${MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS}/${PN}/${EXTENDPE}${PV}-${PR}
                     </literallayout>
+                    The actual directory depends on several things:
+                    <itemizedlist>
+                        <listitem><link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link>:
+                            The top-level build output directory</listitem>
+                        <listitem><link linkend='var-MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS'><filename>MULTIMACH_TARGET_SYS</filename></link>:
+                            The target system identifier</listitem>
+                        <listitem><link linkend='var-PN'><filename>PN</filename></link>:
+                            The recipe name</listitem>
+                        <listitem><link linkend='var-EXTENDPE'><filename>EXTENDPE</filename></link>:
+                            The epoch - (if
+                            <link linkend='var-PE'><filename>PE</filename></link>
+                            is not specified, which is usually the case for most
+                            recipes, then <filename>EXTENDPE</filename> is blank)</listitem>
+                        <listitem><link linkend='var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></link>:
+                            The recipe version</listitem>
+                        <listitem><link linkend='var-PR'><filename>PR</filename></link>:
+                            The recipe revision</listitem>
+                    </itemizedlist>
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    For packages that are dependent on a particular machine, <filename>WORKDIR</filename>
-                    is defined slightly differently:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     ${TMPDIR}/work/${MACHINE}-poky-${TARGET_OS}/${PN}/${PV}-${PR}
-                    </literallayout>
-                    As an example, again assume a Source Directory top-level folder
-                    named <filename>poky</filename> and a default Build Directory
-                    at <filename>poky/build</filename>.
-                    In this case, the work directory the build system uses to build
-                    the <filename>acl</filename> recipe, which is being built for a
-                    MIPS-based device, is the following:
+                    As an example, assume a Source Directory top-level folder
+                    name <filename>poky</filename>, a default Build Directory at
+                    <filename>poky/build</filename>, and a
+                    <filename>qemux86-poky-linux</filename> machine target
+                    system.
+                    Furthermore, suppose your recipe is named
+                    <filename>foo_1.3.0-r0.bb</filename>.
+                    In this case, the work directory the build system uses to
+                    build the package would be as follows:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     poky/build/tmp/work/mips-poky-linux/acl/2.2.51-r2
+     poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/foo/1.3.0-r0
                     </literallayout>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>