From 106e89f4e3750db94c3bb40cd7770e6a8b12584a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 13:55:39 +0300
Subject: ref-manual: Updated the TMPDIR description in the glossary.

(From yocto-docs rev: 854c29e5b09024355eee2284f8ed86a861474811)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 714346fc18..f7217a4c0e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3989,16 +3989,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
         <glossentry id='var-TMPDIR'><glossterm>TMPDIR</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    This variable is the temporary directory the OpenEmbedded build system
-                    uses when it does its work building images.
-                    By default, the <filename>TMPDIR</filename> variable is named
-                    <filename>tmp</filename> within the
+                    This variable is the base directory the OpenEmbedded
+                    build system uses for all build output and intermediate
+                    files (other than the shared state cache).
+                    By default, the <filename>TMPDIR</filename> variable points
+                    to <filename>tmp</filename> within the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
-                    If you want to establish this directory in a location other than the
-                    default, you can uncomment the following statement in the
+                    If you want to establish this directory in a location other
+                    than the default, you can uncomment and edit the following
+                    statement in the
                     <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file in the
                     <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
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