From 5966b44893a39847d3d590566dd488323a11ff73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:34:39 -0700 Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual: Yocto Project scrub I have changed as many "Yocto Project" terms as possible so that better reflect reality. (From yocto-docs rev: 5f729e53b0cb653c97621e4e6598d9295d60ada5) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml') diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml index 523caf7090..81a8934e6a 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Reference: BitBake - BitBake is a program written in Python that interprets the metadata that makes up the Yocto Project. + BitBake is a program written in Python that interprets the metadata used by the Yocto Project. + The OpenEmbedded build system uses BitBake. At some point, developers wonder what actually happens when you enter: $ bitbake core-image-sato @@ -34,20 +35,22 @@ The first thing BitBake does is look for the bitbake.conf file. - The Yocto Project keeps this file in the Yocto Project file's meta/conf/ - directory. - BitBake finds it by examining its BBPATH environment + This file resides in the + source directory + within the meta/conf/ directory. + BitBake finds it by examining its + BBPATH environment variable and looking for the meta/conf/ directory. - In the Yocto Project, bitbake.conf lists other configuration + The bitbake.conf file lists other configuration files to include from a conf/ directory below the directories listed in BBPATH. In general, the most important configuration file from a user's perspective is local.conf, which contains a user's customized - settings for the Yocto Project build environment. + settings for the OpenEmbedded build environment. Other notable configuration files are the distribution configuration file (set by the DISTRO variable) -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf