ref-manual: Created distrodata and checkpkg tasks, updated distrodata class

Fixes [YOCTO #7894]

I created two new task reference sections: distrodata and
checkpkg.  Also, updated the distrodata class description to
reflect the presence of these new tasks.

(From yocto-docs rev: 3896cbf640d296dafb5eda37f89bba31a47ca8a5)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index b2ecc66269..c46debb55b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,36 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
+    <section id='ref-tasks-checkpkg'>
+        <title><filename>do_checkpkg</filename></title>
+
+        <para>
+            Provides information about the recipe including its upstream
+            version and status.
+            The upstream version and status reveals whether or not a version
+            of the recipe exists upstream and a status of not updated, updated,
+            or unknown.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            The <filename>checkpkg</filename> task is included as part of the
+            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
+            class.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            To build the <filename>checkpkg</filename> task, use the
+            <filename>bitbake</filename> command with the "-c" option and
+            task name:
+            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c checkpkg
+            </literallayout>
+            By default, the results are stored in
+            <link linkend='var-LOG_DIR'><filename>$LOG_DIR</filename></link>
+            (e.g. <filename>$BUILD_DIR/tmp/log</filename>).
+        </para>
+    </section>
+
     <section id='ref-tasks-compile'>
         <title><filename>do_compile</filename></title>
 
@@ -87,6 +117,32 @@
         </para>
     </section>
 
+    <section id='ref-tasks-distrodata'>
+        <title><filename>do_distrodata</filename></title>
+
+        <para>
+            Provides information about the recipe.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            The <filename>distrodata</filename> task is included as part of the
+            <link linkend='ref-classes-distrodata'><filename>distrodata</filename></link>
+            class.
+        </para>
+
+        <para>
+            To build the <filename>distrodata</filename> task, use the
+            <filename>bitbake</filename> command with the "-c" option and
+            task name:
+            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ bitbake core-image-minimal -c distrodata
+            </literallayout>
+            By default, the results are stored in
+            <link linkend='var-LOG_DIR'><filename>$LOG_DIR</filename></link>
+            (e.g. <filename>$BUILD_DIR/tmp/log</filename>).
+        </para>
+    </section>
+
     <section id='ref-tasks-fetch'>
         <title><filename>do_fetch</filename></title>