From 955e49c134e6093be47bb7035a0222bd00651135 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:16:55 -0700 Subject: dev-manual: Created tip for using server outside of build area Fixes [YOCTO #12419] In the section on runtime package management, I created a "Tip" box to tell the user about using a location for the package index information outside of the "deploy" area of the hosts build directory. (From yocto-docs rev: 2aee814d3d3ed4052fca332693d5416907ae640e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 17 +++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 6bb4275267..20f97b9f86 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -9184,12 +9184,17 @@ Some notes from Cal: The critical requirement is that the URIs in the target repository configuration point to the correct remote location for the feeds. - This example uses a location outside of the build - system's deploy directory. - Realize that it is possible to run a web server - that gets the databases from - deploy directory where the image - was built. + Tip + For development purposes, you can point the web + server to the build system's + deploy directory. + However, for production use, it is better to copy + the package directories to a location outside of + the build area and use that location. + Doing so avoids situations where the build system + overwrites or changes the + deploy directory. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf