From 79f860e146a35a29f27958b5a02f8c926d0f807b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristi Rifenbark Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:19:15 -0700 Subject: ref-manual: Updated SSTATE_SCAN_FILES variable description (From yocto-docs rev: 190b257e788d7f6f2f87e4e8c031bcda4a9f6d46) Signed-off-by: Kristi Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index f2414c5887..0289ad183f 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -12963,17 +12963,23 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" Controls the list of files the OpenEmbedded build system - scans for hardcoded installation paths. + scans for hardcoded installation paths. The variable uses a + space-separated list of filenames (not paths) with standard + wildcard characters allowed. During a build, the OpenEmbedded build system creates a shared state (sstate) object during the first stage of - preparing the sysroots. - During the build, the object is scanned for hardcoded paths - for original installation locations. + preparing the sysroots. That object is scanned for + hardcoded paths for original installation locations. The list of files that are scanned for paths is controlled by the SSTATE_SCAN_FILES variable. + Typically, recipes add files they want to be scanned to the + value of SSTATE_SCAN_FILES rather than + the variable being comprehensively set. The + sstate + class specifies the default list of files. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf