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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/COPYING.GPL b/bitbake/doc/COPYING.GPL
index d60c31a97a..d511905c16 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/COPYING.GPL
+++ b/bitbake/doc/COPYING.GPL
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 1 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2 Version 2, June 1991 2 Version 2, June 1991
3 3
4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 4 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
5 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 5 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
6 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies 6 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
7 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. 7 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
8 8
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
15General Public License applies to most of the Free Software 15General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
16Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to 16Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors commit to
17using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by 17using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
18the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to 18the GNU Lesser General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
19your programs, too. 19your programs, too.
20 20
21 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not 21 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all.
55 55
56 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and 56 The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
57modification follow. 57modification follow.
58 58
59 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 59 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
60 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION 60 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
61 61
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
110 License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but 110 License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but
111 does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on 111 does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on
112 the Program is not required to print an announcement.) 112 the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
113 113
114These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If 114These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
115identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program, 115identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
116and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in 116and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
168access to copy the source code from the same place counts as 168access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
169distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not 169distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
170compelled to copy the source along with the object code. 170compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
171 171
172 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program 172 4. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
173except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt 173except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt
174otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is 174otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ impose that choice.
225 225
226This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to 226This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
227be a consequence of the rest of this License. 227be a consequence of the rest of this License.
228 228
229 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in 229 8. If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
230certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the 230certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
231original copyright holder who places the Program under this License 231original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
278POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 278POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
279 279
280 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS 280 END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
281 281
282 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs 282 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
283 283
284 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest 284 If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
@@ -303,17 +303,16 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
303 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 303 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
304 GNU General Public License for more details. 304 GNU General Public License for more details.
305 305
306 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 306 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
307 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 307 with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
308 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 308 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
309
310 309
311Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. 310Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
312 311
313If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this 312If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
314when it starts in an interactive mode: 313when it starts in an interactive mode:
315 314
316 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author 315 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
317 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. 316 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
318 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it 317 This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
319 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. 318 under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
@@ -336,5 +335,5 @@ necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
336This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into 335This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
337proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may 336proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you may
338consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the 337consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
339library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General 338library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
340Public License instead of this License. 339Public License instead of this License.
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake.1 b/bitbake/doc/bitbake.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6cbe7df0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake.1
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
1.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
2.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
3.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
4.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
5.TH BITBAKE 1 "November 19, 2006"
6.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
7.\"
8.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
9.\" .nh disable hyphenation
10.\" .hy enable hyphenation
11.\" .ad l left justify
12.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins
13.\" .nf disable filling
14.\" .fi enable filling
15.\" .br insert line break
16.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
17.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
18.SH NAME
19BitBake \- simple tool for the execution of tasks
20.SH SYNOPSIS
21.B bitbake
22.RI [ options ] " packagenames"
23.br
24.SH DESCRIPTION
25This manual page documents briefly the
26.B bitbake
27command.
28.PP
29.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and
30.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics,
31.\" respectively.
32\fBbitbake\fP is a program that executes the specified task (default is 'build')
33for a given set of BitBake files.
34.br
35It expects that BBFILES is defined, which is a space seperated list of files to
36be executed. BBFILES does support wildcards.
37.br
38Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.
39.SH OPTIONS
40This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
41options starting with two dashes (`-').
42.TP
43.B \-h, \-\-help
44Show summary of options.
45.TP
46.B \-\-version
47Show version of program.
48.TP
49.B \-bBUILDFILE, \-\-buildfile=BUILDFILE
50execute the task against this .bb file, rather than a package from BBFILES.
51.TP
52.B \-k, \-\-continue
53continue as much as possible after an error. While the target that failed, and
54those that depend on it, cannot be remade, the other dependencies of these
55targets can be processed all the same.
56.TP
57.B \-f, \-\-force
58force run of specified cmd, regardless of stamp status
59.TP
60.B \-i, \-\-interactive
61drop into the interactive mode also called the BitBake shell.
62.TP
63.B \-cCMD, \-\-cmd=CMD
64Specify task to execute. Note that this only executes the specified task for
65the providee and the packages it depends on, i.e. 'compile' does not implicitly
66call stage for the dependencies (IOW: use only if you know what you are doing).
67Depending on the base.bbclass a listtaks tasks is defined and will show
68available tasks.
69.TP
70.B \-rFILE, \-\-read=FILE
71read the specified file before bitbake.conf
72.TP
73.B \-v, \-\-verbose
74output more chit-chat to the terminal
75.TP
76.B \-D, \-\-debug
77Increase the debug level. You can specify this more than once.
78.TP
79.B \-n, \-\-dry-run
80don't execute, just go through the motions
81.TP
82.B \-p, \-\-parse-only
83quit after parsing the BB files (developers only)
84.TP
85.B \-d, \-\-disable-psyco
86disable using the psyco just-in-time compiler (not recommended)
87.TP
88.B \-s, \-\-show-versions
89show current and preferred versions of all packages
90.TP
91.B \-e, \-\-environment
92show the global or per-package environment (this is what used to be bbread)
93.TP
94.B \-g, \-\-graphviz
95emit the dependency trees of the specified packages in the dot syntax
96.TP
97.B \-IIGNORED\_DOT\_DEPS, \-\-ignore-deps=IGNORED_DOT_DEPS
98Stop processing at the given list of dependencies when generating dependency
99graphs. This can help to make the graph more appealing
100.\"
101.\" Next option is only in BitBake 1.7.x (trunk)
102.\"
103.\".TP
104.\".B \-lDEBUG_DOMAINS, \-\-log-domains=DEBUG_DOMAINS
105.\"Show debug logging for the specified logging domains
106
107.SH AUTHORS
108BitBake was written by
109Phil Blundell,
110Holger Freyther,
111Chris Larson,
112Mickey Lauer,
113Richard Purdie,
114Holger Schurig
115.PP
116This manual page was written by Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin@hrw.one.pl>
117for the Debian project (but may be used by others).