From 0b99c7dd2a6abf9c05857b49b1b1d1d1e2fe87e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 06:06:14 -0700 Subject: ref-manual: Updated the FILESPATH variable description Added some key references to the patching areas of discussion across the manual set. (From yocto-docs rev: f198529b3072a4a03fd368ea307e8e004c46a344) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual') diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 933edcf6e1..dad63ad9f6 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -4932,7 +4932,9 @@ During the build process, BitBake searches each directory in FILESPATH in the specified order when looking for files and patches specified by each - file:// URI in a recipe. + file:// URI in a recipe's + SRC_URI + statements. @@ -4962,6 +4964,18 @@ the FILESPATH variable by using the FILESEXTRAPATHS variable. + + + You can find out more about the patching process in the + "Patching" + section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual + and the + "Patching Code" + section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. + See the + do_patch + task as well. + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf