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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml index 6b4deb3177..b4f6a832ed 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml | |||
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470 | </para> | 470 | </para> |
471 | 471 | ||
472 | <para> | 472 | <para> |
473 | To complicate the problem, there are things that should not be included in | 473 | To complicate the problem, there are things that should not be |
474 | the checksum. | 474 | included in the checksum. |
475 | First, there is the actual specific build path of a given task - | 475 | First, there is the actual specific build path of a given task - |
476 | the <link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link>. | 476 | the <link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link>. |
477 | It does not matter if the work directory changes because it should not | 477 | It does not matter if the work directory changes because it should |
478 | affect the output for target packages. | 478 | not affect the output for target packages. |
479 | Also, the build process has the objective of making native or cross packages relocatable. | 479 | Also, the build process has the objective of making native |
480 | The checksum therefore needs to exclude <filename>WORKDIR</filename>. | 480 | (build host) or cross packages (target hardware) relocatable. |
481 | The checksum therefore needs to exclude | ||
482 | <filename>WORKDIR</filename>. | ||
481 | The simplistic approach for excluding the work directory is to set | 483 | The simplistic approach for excluding the work directory is to set |
482 | <filename>WORKDIR</filename> to some fixed value and create the checksum | 484 | <filename>WORKDIR</filename> to some fixed value and create the |
483 | for the "run" script. | 485 | checksum for the "run" script. |
484 | </para> | 486 | </para> |
485 | 487 | ||
486 | <para> | 488 | <para> |