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-rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml index af2400f53c..42ea19f3fc 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml | |||
@@ -35,17 +35,19 @@ | |||
35 | <listitem><para> | 35 | <listitem><para> |
36 | BitBake executes tasks according to provided | 36 | BitBake executes tasks according to provided |
37 | metadata that builds up the tasks. | 37 | metadata that builds up the tasks. |
38 | Metadata is stored in recipe (<filename>.bb</filename>), | 38 | Metadata is stored in recipe (<filename>.bb</filename>) |
39 | recipe "append" (<filename>.bbappend</filename>), | 39 | and related recipe "append" (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) |
40 | configuration (<filename>.conf</filename>), and class | 40 | files, configuration (<filename>.conf</filename>) and |
41 | (<filename>.bbclass</filename>) files and provides | 41 | underlying include (<filename>.inc</filename>) files, and |
42 | in class (<filename>.bbclass</filename>) files. | ||
43 | The metadata provides | ||
42 | BitBake with instructions on what tasks to run and | 44 | BitBake with instructions on what tasks to run and |
43 | the dependencies between those tasks. | 45 | the dependencies between those tasks. |
44 | </para></listitem> | 46 | </para></listitem> |
45 | <listitem><para> | 47 | <listitem><para> |
46 | BitBake includes a fetcher library for obtaining source | 48 | BitBake includes a fetcher library for obtaining source |
47 | code from various places such as local files, source control | 49 | code from various places such as local files, source control |
48 | systems, websites, or local files. | 50 | systems, or websites. |
49 | </para></listitem> | 51 | </para></listitem> |
50 | <listitem><para> | 52 | <listitem><para> |
51 | The instructions for each unit to be built (e.g. a piece | 53 | The instructions for each unit to be built (e.g. a piece |
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ | |||
56 | </para></listitem> | 58 | </para></listitem> |
57 | <listitem><para> | 59 | <listitem><para> |
58 | BitBake includes a client/server abstraction and can | 60 | BitBake includes a client/server abstraction and can |
59 | be used from a command line or used as a service over XMLRPC and | 61 | be used from a command line or used as a service over |
60 | has several different user interfaces. | 62 | XML-RPC and has several different user interfaces. |
61 | </para></listitem> | 63 | </para></listitem> |
62 | </itemizedlist> | 64 | </itemizedlist> |
63 | </para> | 65 | </para> |
@@ -80,8 +82,11 @@ | |||
80 | Today, BitBake is the primary basis of the | 82 | Today, BitBake is the primary basis of the |
81 | <ulink url="http://www.openembedded.org/">OpenEmbedded</ulink> | 83 | <ulink url="http://www.openembedded.org/">OpenEmbedded</ulink> |
82 | project, which is being used to build and maintain Linux | 84 | project, which is being used to build and maintain Linux |
83 | distributions such as the Angstrom Distribution and which is used | 85 | distributions such as the |
84 | as the build tool for Linux projects such as the Yocto Project. | 86 | <ulink url='http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/'>Angstrom Distribution</ulink>, |
87 | and which is also being used as the build tool for Linux projects | ||
88 | such as the | ||
89 | <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project</ulink>. | ||
85 | </para> | 90 | </para> |
86 | 91 | ||
87 | <para> | 92 | <para> |
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ | |||
152 | </para></listitem> | 157 | </para></listitem> |
153 | <listitem><para> | 158 | <listitem><para> |
154 | Split metadata into layers and allow layers | 159 | Split metadata into layers and allow layers |
155 | to override each other. | 160 | to enhance or override other layers. |
156 | </para></listitem> | 161 | </para></listitem> |
157 | <listitem><para> | 162 | <listitem><para> |
158 | Allow representation of a given set of input variables | 163 | Allow representation of a given set of input variables |