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diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml index f0d3dad138..a1c714e007 100644 --- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml +++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml | |||
@@ -818,17 +818,19 @@ | |||
818 | </para> | 818 | </para> |
819 | 819 | ||
820 | <para> | 820 | <para> |
821 | A good deal that goes into a Yocto Project build is simply downloading all of the source | 821 | A good deal that goes into a Yocto Project build is simply |
822 | tarballs. | 822 | downloading all of the source tarballs. |
823 | Maybe you have been working with another build system (OpenEmbedded or Angstrom) for which | 823 | Maybe you have been working with another build system |
824 | you've built up a sizable directory of source tarballs. | 824 | (OpenEmbedded or Angstrom) for which you have built up a sizable |
825 | Or perhaps someone else has such a directory for which you have read access. | 825 | directory of source tarballs. |
826 | If so, you can save time by adding the <filename>PREMIRRORS</filename> | 826 | Or, perhaps someone else has such a directory for which you have |
827 | statement to your configuration file so that the build process checks | 827 | read access. |
828 | local directories first for existing tarballs before checking the | 828 | If so, you can save time by adding statements to your |
829 | configuration file so that the build process checks local | ||
830 | directories first for existing tarballs before checking the | ||
829 | Internet. | 831 | Internet. |
830 | Here is an efficient way to set it up in your <filename>local.conf</filename> | 832 | Here is an efficient way to set it up in your |
831 | file: | 833 | <filename>local.conf</filename> file: |
832 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 834 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
833 | SOURCE_MIRROR_URL ?= "file:///home/you/your-download-dir/" | 835 | SOURCE_MIRROR_URL ?= "file:///home/you/your-download-dir/" |
834 | INHERIT += "own-mirrors" | 836 | INHERIT += "own-mirrors" |
@@ -836,6 +838,14 @@ | |||
836 | # BB_NO_NETWORK = "1" | 838 | # BB_NO_NETWORK = "1" |
837 | </literallayout> | 839 | </literallayout> |
838 | </para> | 840 | </para> |
841 | |||
842 | <para> | ||
843 | You can also use the | ||
844 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></ulink> | ||
845 | variable. | ||
846 | For an example, see the variable's glossary entry in the | ||
847 | Yocto Project Reference Manual. | ||
848 | </para> | ||
839 | </section> | 849 | </section> |
840 | 850 | ||
841 | <section id='building-the-image'> | 851 | <section id='building-the-image'> |