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158 </para> 158 </para>
159 </section> 159 </section>
160 160
161 <section id='ref-tasks-distrodata'>
162 <title><filename>do_distrodata</filename></title>
163
164 <para>
165 Provides information about the recipe.
166 </para>
167
168 <para>
169 The <filename>distrodata</filename> task is included as part of the
170 <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
171 class.
172 </para>
173
174 <para>
175 To build the <filename>distrodata</filename> task, use the
176 <filename>bitbake</filename> command with the "-c" option and
177 task name:
178 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
179 $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c distrodata
180 </literallayout>
181 By default, the results are stored in
182 <link linkend='var-LOG_DIR'><filename>$LOG_DIR</filename></link>
183 (e.g. <filename>$BUILD_DIR/tmp/log</filename>).
184 </para>
185 </section>
186
187 <section id='ref-tasks-fetch'> 161 <section id='ref-tasks-fetch'>
188 <title><filename>do_fetch</filename></title> 162 <title><filename>do_fetch</filename></title>
189 163
@@ -636,9 +610,15 @@
636 </para> 610 </para>
637 611
638 <para> 612 <para>
639 The <filename>checkpkg</filename> task is included as part of the 613 To check the upstream version and status of a recipe, use the
640 <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link> 614 following devtool commands:
641 class. 615 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
616 $ devtool latest-version
617 $ devtool check-upgrade-status
618 </literallayout>
619 See the
620 "<link linkend='ref-devtool-reference'><filename>devtool</filename> Quick Reference</link>"
621 chapter for more information on <filename>devtool</filename>.
642 </para> 622 </para>
643 623
644 <para> 624 <para>