From 49bc3e3d3e258684a527899f137d7c81e5ca27c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 09:36:20 -0700
Subject: ref-manual: Added tmp/sysroots-components task

(From yocto-docs rev: ae635dfc2f53e026b597c1d2ca93ecaa9416417c)

Signed-off-by: Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

(limited to 'documentation')

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index 86a3cd2a58..70dbea5995 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -799,6 +799,25 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
+    <section id='structure-build-tmp-sysroots'>
+        <title><filename>build/tmp/sysroots-components/</filename></title>
+
+        <para>
+            This directory is the location of the sysroot contents that the
+            task
+            <link linkend='ref-tasks-prepare_recipe_sysroot'><filename>do_prepare_recipe_sysroot</filename></link>
+            links or copies into the recipe-specific sysroot for each
+            recipe listed in
+            <link linkend='var-DEPENDS'><filename>DEPENDS</filename></link>.
+            Population of this directory is handled through shared state, while
+            the path is specified by the <filename>COMPONENTS_DIR</filename>
+            variable. Apart from a few unusual circumstances, handling of the
+            <filename>sysroots-components</filename> directory should be
+            automatic, and recipes should not directly reference
+            <filename>build/tmp/sysroots-components</filename>.
+        </para>
+    </section>
+
     <section id='structure-build-tmp-sysroots'>
         <title><filename>build/tmp/sysroots/</filename></title>
 
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