From 57f3951f294a7193c742458bd65ad7f5e3cee652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:18:56 -0600 Subject: documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: new BBMASK glossary entry Added a glossary entry for BBMASK. Fixes [YOCTO #1935] Reported by: Gary Thomas (From yocto-docs rev: 4406a8b0b85ac15070e2ccb1c57ef9801827a7f7) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) (limited to 'documentation') diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 0f6b60358b..1a958773b9 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -72,6 +72,31 @@ + BBMASK + + Prevents BitBake from processing recipes and recipe append files. + You can use the BBMASK variable to "hide" + these .bb and .bbappend files. + BitBake ignores any recipe or recipe append files that match the expression. + It is as if BitBake does not see them at all. + Consequently, matching files are not parsed or otherwise used by + BitBake. + The value you provide is passed to python's regular expression compiler. + For complete syntax information, see python's documentation at + . + The expression is compared against the full paths to the files. + For example, the following uses a complete regular expression to tell + BitBake to ignore all recipe and recipe append files in the + .*/meta-ti/recipes-misc/ directory: + + BBMASK = ".*/meta-ti/recipes-misc/" + + Use the BBMASK variable from within the + conf/local.conf file found + in the Yocto Project build directory. + + + BB_NUMBER_THREADS The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf