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authorAdam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>2026-04-10 14:17:46 +0200
committerPaul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>2026-04-16 14:28:11 +0100
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ref-manual/variables.rst: update PKGDATA_DIR's description
Don't refer to it as temporary. Update the default value. (From yocto-docs rev: 3786a02e4478c4e73531479d50d1be6e8dd8b4c7) Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> (cherry picked from commit a1432f24c94a26b372164704cf18b3c6a73b34f5) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>
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@@ -6841,19 +6841,17 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
6841 Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated 6841 Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated
6842 during the packaging process. During the packaging process, the 6842 during the packaging process. During the packaging process, the
6843 :ref:`ref-tasks-packagedata` task packages data 6843 :ref:`ref-tasks-packagedata` task packages data
6844 for each recipe and installs it into this temporary, shared area. 6844 for each recipe and installs it into this shared area.
6845 This directory defaults to the following, which you should not 6845 This directory defaults to the following, which you should not
6846 change:: 6846 change::
6847 6847
6848 ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/pkgdata 6848 ${TMPDIR}/pkgdata/${MACHINE}
6849 6849
6850 For examples of how this data is used, see the 6850 For examples of how this data is used, see the
6851 ":ref:`overview-manual/concepts:automatically added runtime dependencies`" 6851 ":ref:`overview-manual/concepts:automatically added runtime dependencies`"
6852 section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual and the 6852 section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual and the
6853 ":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing package information with ``oe-pkgdata-util```" 6853 ":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing package information with ``oe-pkgdata-util```"
6854 section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. For more 6854 section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
6855 information on the shared, global-state directory, see
6856 :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`.
6857 6855
6858 :term:`PKGDEST` 6856 :term:`PKGDEST`
6859 Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they 6857 Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they