From 8b3aa00029e62df6d05710cf166fd5d09bdb29cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:37:19 -0700 Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: Update B variable Updated the glossary description for the B variable. There was some confusing "source directory" terminology in there. (From yocto-docs rev: 72fbf86ca9612a0dca741f08315efed1d9efa0b1) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 8a428278ff..1331d1adfc 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -93,14 +93,15 @@ B - The directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system places - generated objects during a recipe's build process. + The build directory. + The OpenEmbedded build system places generated objects into the build directory + during a recipe's build process. By default, this directory is the same as the S directory: B = ${WORKDIR}/${BPN}-{PV}/ - You can separate the source directory (S) and the directory pointed to + You can separate the (S) directory and the directory pointed to by the B variable. Most autotools-based recipes support separating these directories. The build system defaults to using separate directories for gcc -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf