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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 6470c739c2..536bd15eaa 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |||
@@ -931,20 +931,21 @@ | |||
931 | 931 | ||
932 | <glossentry id='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><glossterm>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</glossterm> | 932 | <glossentry id='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><glossterm>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</glossterm> |
933 | <info> | 933 | <info> |
934 | BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS[doc] = "Causes tarballs of the Git repositories to be placed in the DL_DIR directory." | 934 | BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS[doc] = "Causes tarballs of the source control repositories to be placed in the DL_DIR directory." |
935 | </info> | 935 | </info> |
936 | <glossdef> | 936 | <glossdef> |
937 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> | 937 | <para role="glossdeffirst"> |
938 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> | 938 | <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> |
939 | Causes tarballs of the Git repositories, including the | 939 | Causes tarballs of the source control repositories |
940 | Git metadata, to be placed in the | 940 | (e.g. Git repositories), including metadata, to be placed |
941 | in the | ||
941 | <link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link> | 942 | <link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link> |
942 | directory. | 943 | directory. |
943 | </para> | 944 | </para> |
944 | 945 | ||
945 | <para> | 946 | <para> |
946 | For performance reasons, creating and placing tarballs of | 947 | For performance reasons, creating and placing tarballs of |
947 | the Git repositories is not the default action by the | 948 | these repositories is not the default action by the |
948 | OpenEmbedded build system. | 949 | OpenEmbedded build system. |
949 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | 950 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
950 | BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS = "1" | 951 | BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS = "1" |
@@ -953,6 +954,13 @@ | |||
953 | file in the | 954 | file in the |
954 | <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>. | 955 | <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>. |
955 | </para> | 956 | </para> |
957 | |||
958 | <para> | ||
959 | Once you have the tarballs containing your source files, | ||
960 | you can clean up your <filename>DL_DIR</filename> | ||
961 | directory by deleting any Git or other source control | ||
962 | work directories. | ||
963 | </para> | ||
956 | </glossdef> | 964 | </glossdef> |
957 | </glossentry> | 965 | </glossentry> |
958 | 966 | ||