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529 | <itemizedlist> | 529 | <itemizedlist> |
530 | <listitem><para>Whenever a shared state package is written out, so is a | 530 | <listitem><para>Whenever a shared state package is written out, so is a |
531 | corresponding <filename>.siginfo</filename> file. | 531 | corresponding <filename>.siginfo</filename> file. |
532 | This practice results in a pickled python database of all | 532 | This practice results in a pickled Python database of all |
533 | the metadata that went into creating the hash for a given shared state | 533 | the metadata that went into creating the hash for a given shared state |
534 | package.</para></listitem> | 534 | package.</para></listitem> |
535 | <listitem><para>If BitBake is run with the <filename>--dump-signatures</filename> | 535 | <listitem><para>If you run BitBake with the <filename>--dump-signatures</filename> |
536 | (or <filename>-S</filename>) option, BitBake dumps out | 536 | (or <filename>-S</filename>) option, BitBake dumps out |
537 | <filename>.siginfo</filename> files in | 537 | <filename>.siginfo</filename> files in |
538 | the stamp directory for every task it would have executed instead of | 538 | the stamp directory for every task it would have executed instead of |
539 | building the specified target package.</para></listitem> | 539 | building the specified target package.</para></listitem> |
540 | <listitem><para>There is a <filename>bitbake-diffsigs</filename> command that | 540 | <listitem><para>There is a <filename>bitbake-diffsigs</filename> command that |
541 | can process these <filename>.siginfo</filename> files. | 541 | can process <filename>.siginfo</filename> files. |
542 | If one file is specified, it will dump out the dependency | 542 | If you specify one of these files, BitBake dumps out the dependency |
543 | information in the file. | 543 | information in the file. |
544 | If two files are specified, it will compare the two files and dump out | 544 | If you specify two files, BitBake compares the two files and dumps out |
545 | the differences between the two. | 545 | the differences between the two. |
546 | This allows the question of "What changed between X and Y?" to be | 546 | This more easily helps answer the question of "What |
547 | answered easily.</para></listitem> | 547 | changed between X and Y?"</para></listitem> |
548 | </itemizedlist> | 548 | </itemizedlist> |
549 | </para> | 549 | </para> |
550 | </section> | 550 | </section> |