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@@ -1994,9 +1994,16 @@ so that there are some definite steps on how to do this. I need more detail her
1994 <title>Excluding Packages From the Build</title> 1994 <title>Excluding Packages From the Build</title>
1995 1995
1996 <para> 1996 <para>
1997 You might find that there are groups of recipes you want to filter
1998 out of the build process.
1999 For example, recipes you know you will never use or want should not
2000 be part of the build.
2001 Removing these recipes from parsing speeds up parts of the build.
2002 </para>
2003
2004 <para>
1997 It is possible to filter or mask out <filename>.bb</filename> and 2005 It is possible to filter or mask out <filename>.bb</filename> and
1998 <filename>.bbappend</filename> files such that BitBake ignores them during 2006 <filename>.bbappend</filename> files.
1999 the build.
2000 You can do this by providing an expression with the 2007 You can do this by providing an expression with the
2001 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBMASK'>BBMASK</ulink></filename> 2008 <filename><ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BBMASK'>BBMASK</ulink></filename>
2002 variable. 2009 variable.
@@ -2006,7 +2013,7 @@ so that there are some definite steps on how to do this. I need more detail her
2006 </literallayout> 2013 </literallayout>
2007 Here, all <filename>.bb</filename> and <filename>.bbappend</filename> files 2014 Here, all <filename>.bb</filename> and <filename>.bbappend</filename> files
2008 in the directory that match the expression are ignored during the build 2015 in the directory that match the expression are ignored during the build
2009 process - BitBake does not even parse them. 2016 process.
2010 </para> 2017 </para>
2011 </section> 2018 </section>
2012</chapter> 2019</chapter>