linux/poky.git/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml, branch jethro-14.0.2

ref-manual: Added order information for conf file parsing.

2016-03-03T17:40:19+00:00

I included a new paragraph at the end of the section describing configuration in the "Closer Look" chapter. Cases exist when two configuration files set the same variable. Depending on the order, the last configuration file parsed is the one that actually sets the variable. Fixes [YOCTO #8914] (From yocto-docs rev: ce3f2344550ae1b735082d10f4f17ff555d24c38) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual, dev-manual: Applied feedback to edit several classes

2015-10-21T22:06:34+00:00

Fixes [YOCTO #8298] Updated several classes with feedback from Jose Lamego of Intel. The feedback fixed some class groupings so that previously isolated classes could be bundled under common classes (e.g. autotools*.bbclass). I scrubbed the cross-references for cases where a particular class became "undocumented." The cross-references now point to the bundled class entry in the ref-manual. (From yocto-docs rev: 07a533cb41ad26d202f4e303f2dbc7d7bf26e076) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual; mega-manual: Edits to further define packaging process

2015-05-03T10:49:34+00:00

In response to community input where developers were attempting to locate information on how to write packages out to a directory other than ${DEPLOY_DIR}/, I updated the "Package Feeds" section, added several new DEPLOY_DIR_* variables, updated four classes, and updated four tasks. Here are some details: * Made changes to the "Package Feeds" section to provide more accurate information in the package feeds directory structure used by the build system in build/tmp. These changes included updating the figure itself and some explanatory text. * Updated the DEPLOY_DIR variable description. * Added new variable descriptions for DEPLOY_DIR_DEB, DEPLOY_DIR_IPK, DEPLOY_DIR_RPM, and DEPLOY_DIR_TAR. * Updated the related classes: package_deb, package_ipk, package_rpm, and package_tar. * Updated the related tasks: do_package_write_deb, do_package_write_ipk, do_package_write_rpm, and do_package_write_tar. Reported-by: Trieu Nguyen (From yocto-docs rev: e8742267506bf9359346cfcd3965f762ed2c7d6f) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

dev-manual, ref-manual, yocto-project-qs: Updates to parallelism variables

2015-02-17T15:16:51+00:00

The way the old manual set had worded the use of the BB_NUMBER_THREADS, PARALLEL_MAKE, and BB_NUMBER_PARSE_THREADS had become depricated. It suggested a lot of user intervention to get these variables set to have the build system utilize optimal parallelism. The change a while back to the build system where the variables are set to the number of build host cores now makes the variables automatically be set to their best values. I have gone through the manual set and changed wordings appropriately to reflect this. Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day (From yocto-docs rev: 3a27b1792c92a2f22173315e2732f672cdad2c78) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual: Scrubbed for variable (user) input.

2014-10-18T14:15:30+00:00

Throughout the manual I had been using angled bracket sets to denote user-supplied input. This is confusing and better shown by using the tags. I scrubbed all the chapters and replaced as needed. Some other minor formatting changes were caught and fixed during the scrub as well. (From yocto-docs rev: 9a668574dd18828a750cfa2e8c28e1f089a19609) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual: Updated the do_fetch closer look for checksum behavior.

2014-06-18T09:30:44+00:00

Fixes [YOCTO #5521] I created a brief note in the do_fetch subsection of the "Taking a Closer Look" section to deal with how the build system uses checksums during do_fetch to re-execute stuff if a file:// listed in the SRC_URI has had its contents modified. (From yocto-docs rev: 7b857635f2663af7c1d5e8aa87239472a5b47919) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual: Added links to new do_* sections.

2014-05-13T06:50:58+00:00

With the creation of the new chapter that documents the 51 tasks defined by the OpenEmbedded build system, the remainder of the ref-manual had many first-instance occurrences of do_* task names that could be cross-referenced to the new sections. I have added these links. (From yocto-docs rev: 2ff39bd226a1d8f11924283bbaa3542a9d936ba3) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual: Updated bad conf/distro/.conf directory.

2014-04-04T14:20:17+00:00

Fixes [YOCTO #6064] The directory name for the conf/distro/.conf file was wrong. It was conf/.conf. I have corrected it. (From yocto-docs rev: c8ae4fb23e76a45bbbd4e673311b3ec74980644d) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

ref-manual: Read-through edits to "Closer Look" chapter.

2014-03-30T09:18:38+00:00

Minor fixes throughout. (From yocto-docs rev: d44ae0da21d84acbe1556824e228c7ab0af1ba2c) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie

adt-manual, ref-manual: Cross-toolchain details added. New class also.

2014-03-25T12:29:44+00:00

In the adt-manual in the "Optionally Building a Toolchain Installer" setion, I added some basic advantage information for building a toolchain installer using bitbake image -c populate_sdk. In the ref-manual, I added cross-referencing to this basic information in several strategic areas: "SDK Generation", the populate_sdk class reference section, the populate_sdk_* class reference section, and the "Cross-Development Toolchain Generation" sections. Finally, I also put in documentation for a new class called autotools-brokensep. (From yocto-docs rev: cde7dd2fbd7bdc0d71dc678ee7a5422459654287) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie