From c8d0effb67f7d4853263172e873d260f9096a319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:24:30 -0600 Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: Update S variable Added more information to the "S" glossary entry. Provided an example. (From yocto-docs rev: c36896c167d1721647d756210611667c4351b31b) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 22 +++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/poky-ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index e9bc81fe7b..02b949dc99 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -1467,10 +1467,26 @@ S - The path to unpacked sources. - By default, this path is as follows: + The location in the + Yocto Project Build Directory where unpacked package source code resides. + This location is within the working directory + (WORKDIR), which + is not static. + The unpacked source location depends on the package name + (PN) and + package version (PV) as + follows: - ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV} + ${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${PV} + + As an example, assume a + + Yocto Project Files top-level directory named poky + and a default Yocto Project Build Directory of poky/build. + In this case, the working directory the build system uses to build + the db package is the following: + + ~/poky/build/tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/db-5.1.19-r3/db-5.1.19 -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf