10 files changed, 58 insertions, 53 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
index c0f1747961..e4a2a022a7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/closer-look.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
         <para>
             Sourcing the build environment script creates a
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             if one does not already exist.
             BitBake uses the Build Directory for all its work during builds.
             The Build Directory has a <filename>conf</filename> directory that
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@
         <para>
             When the OpenEmbedded build system generates an image or an SDK,
             it gets the packages from a package feed area located in the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
             The
             <link linkend='general-yocto-environment-figure'>general Yocto Project Development Environment figure</link>
             shows this package feeds area in the upper-right corner.
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
                     depend on it are re-executed.
                 </note>
                 By default, everything is accomplished in the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>,
                 which has a defined structure.
                 For additional general information on the Build Directory,
                 see the
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@
 
         <para>
             Images are written out to the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             inside the <filename>tmp/deploy/images/<replaceable>machine</replaceable>/</filename>
             folder as shown in the figure.
             This folder contains any files expected to be loaded on the
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@
         <para>
             Once built, the SDK installers are written out to the
             <filename>deploy/sdk</filename> folder inside the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             as shown in the figure at the beginning of this section.
             Depending on the type of SDK, several variables exist that help
             configure these files.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml
index cdbdd4da24..c4b860b1ce 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.xml
@@ -702,7 +702,8 @@
                 <link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></link>
                 or
                 <link linkend='structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></link>).
-                By default, this <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                By default, this
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                 is named <filename>build</filename> but can be named
                 anything you want.
             </para>
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@
 
             <para>
                 Meanwhile, <filename>DESTDIR</filename> is a path within the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                 However, when the recipe builds a native program (i.e. one
                 that is intended to run on the build machine), that program
                 is never installed directly to the build machine's root
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml
index deaac033a3..7f6729db55 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@
                        <filename>.sh</filename> file that installs
                        the tools in the <filename>tmp/deploy/sdk</filename>
                        subdirectory of the
-                       <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                       <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                        The installer file has the string "buildtools"
                        in the name.
                        </para></listitem>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index 0513b219cd..5c700bc5ea 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@
                 <listitem><para>
                     When buildhistory is enabled, its output is now written
                     under the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     rather than
                     <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link>.
                     Doing so makes it easier to delete
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 2b5cb88efd..472215c25a 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ This check was removed for YP 2.3 release
         <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'>PACKAGE_CLASSES</link></filename>
         variable defined in your <filename>conf/local.conf</filename>
         configuration file, which is located in the
-        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+        <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
         When defining the variable, you can specify one or more package types.
         Since images are generated from packages, a packaging class is
         needed to enable image generation.
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ This check was removed for YP 2.3 release
         as the build progresses, you can enable <filename>rm_work</filename>
         by adding the following to your <filename>local.conf</filename> file,
         which is found in the
-        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+        <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
     INHERIT += "rm_work"
         </literallayout>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml
index 99d5a52a0f..64db00e714 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-devtool-reference.xml
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
         <para>
             Use the <filename>devtool create-workspace</filename> command to
             create a new workspace layer in your
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
             When you create a new workspace layer, it is populated with the
             <filename>README</filename> file and the
             <filename>conf</filename> directory only.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
index b0c4bfeaa4..424b8cc003 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
             This directory contains user configuration files and the output
             generated by the OpenEmbedded build system in its standard configuration where
             the source tree is combined with the output.
-            The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            The
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             is created initially when you <filename>source</filename>
             the OpenEmbedded build environment setup script
             (i.e.
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@
         <para>
             When you run this script, your Yocto Project environment is set
             up, a
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             is created, your working directory becomes the Build Directory,
             and you are presented with a list of common BitBake targets.
             Here is an example:
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@
 
         <para>
             By default, running this script without a
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             argument creates the <filename>build</filename> directory
             in your current working directory.
             If you provide a Build Directory argument when you
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@
                 <listitem><para>
                     The script's parameters are positionally dependent.
                     Consequently, you cannot run the script and provide a
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     name without also providing a port number.
                     In other words, the following syntax is illegal:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@
 
         <para>
             By default, running this script without a
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
             argument creates a build directory named
             <filename>build</filename>.
             If you provide a Build Directory argument and port number when you
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@
 
     <para>
         The OpenEmbedded build system creates the
-        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+        <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
         when you run one of the build environment setup scripts (i.e.
         <link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></link>
         or
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index bd9e517246..da4da8550d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     The directory within the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     in which the OpenEmbedded build system places generated
                     objects during a recipe's build process.
                     By default, this directory is the same as the <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link>
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
                     variable to "1", "yes", or "true"
                     in your <filename>local.conf</filename> file, which is
                     located in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>:
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>:
                     Here is an example:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      BB_DANGLINGAPPENDS_WARNONLY = "1"
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
                     Disk space monitoring is disabled by default.
                     To enable monitoring, add the <filename>BB_DISKMON_DIRS</filename>
                     variable to your <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file found in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     Use the following form:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      BB_DISKMON_DIRS = "<replaceable>action</replaceable>,<replaceable>dir</replaceable>,<replaceable>threshold</replaceable> [...]"
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@
                     Defines the disk space and free inode warning intervals.
                     To set these intervals, define the variable in your
                     <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@
                     </literallayout>
                     Set this variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename>
                     file in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
@@ -1154,7 +1154,8 @@
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     Lists the layers to enable during the build.
                     This variable is defined in the <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> configuration
-                    file in the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    file in the
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     Here is an example:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      BBLAYERS = " \
@@ -1250,7 +1251,7 @@
      BBMULTIFONFIG = "configA configB configC"
                     </literallayout>
                     Each configuration file you use must reside in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory's</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     <filename>conf/multiconfig</filename> directory
                     (e.g.
                     <replaceable>build_directory</replaceable><filename>/conf/multiconfig/configA.conf</filename>).
@@ -1280,7 +1281,7 @@
                     <filename>PATH</filename> variable.
                     <note>
                         If you run BitBake from a directory outside of the
-                        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
+                        <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>,
                         you must be sure to set
                         <filename>BBPATH</filename> to point to the
                         Build Directory.
@@ -1626,7 +1627,7 @@
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     Points to the location of the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     You can define this directory indirectly through the
                     <link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></link>
                     and
@@ -2595,7 +2596,7 @@
                     You should only set this variable in the
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file found
                     in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -2805,7 +2806,8 @@
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     The destination directory.
-                    The location in the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    The location in the
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     where components are installed by the
                     <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
                     task.
@@ -3116,7 +3118,7 @@
                     system uses to place images, packages, SDKs and other output
                     files that are ready to be used outside of the build system.
                     By default, this directory resides within the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     as <filename>${TMPDIR}/deploy</filename>.
                 </para>
 
@@ -3189,7 +3191,7 @@
                     The directory is machine-specific as it contains the
                     <filename>${MACHINE}</filename> name.
                     By default, this directory resides within the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     as <filename>${DEPLOY_DIR}/images/${MACHINE}/</filename>.
                 </para>
 
@@ -3794,7 +3796,7 @@
                     to touch it.
                     By default, the directory is <filename>downloads</filename>
                     in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      #DL_DIR ?= "${TOPDIR}/downloads"
                     </literallayout>
@@ -4191,7 +4193,7 @@
                 <para>
                     Typically, you configure this variable in your
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> file, which is found in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     Although you can use this variable from within a recipe,
                     best practices dictate that you do not.
                     <note>
@@ -4761,7 +4763,7 @@
                 <para>
                     You define the <filename>FILESYSTEM_PERMS_TABLES</filename> variable in the
                     <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file, which is found in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>, to
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>, to
                     point to your custom <filename>fs-perms.txt</filename>.
                     You can specify more than a single file permissions setting table.
                     The paths you specify to these files must be defined within the
@@ -5613,7 +5615,7 @@
                     Typically, you configure this variable in an image recipe.
                     Although you can use this variable from your
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> file, which is found in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>,
                     best practices dictate that you do not.
                     <note>
                         To enable extra features from outside the image recipe,
@@ -6562,7 +6564,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     The combined binary is deposited into the
                     <filename>tmp/deploy</filename> directory, which is part
                     of the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -7941,7 +7943,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     Specifies the target device for which the image is built.
                     You define <filename>MACHINE</filename> in the
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> file found in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     By default, <filename>MACHINE</filename> is set to
                     "qemux86", which is an x86-based architecture machine to
                     be emulated using QEMU:
@@ -9085,7 +9087,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     This variable, which is set in the
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file found in
                     the <filename>conf</filename> folder of the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>,
                     specifies the package manager the OpenEmbedded build system
                     uses when packaging data.
                 </para>
@@ -10531,7 +10533,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     build system to attempt before any others by adding
                     something like the following to the
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>:
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      PREMIRRORS_prepend = "\
      git://.*/.* http://www.yoctoproject.org/sources/ \n \
@@ -11493,7 +11495,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     The location in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     where unpacked recipe source code resides.
                     By default, this directory is
                     <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-WORKDIR'><filename>WORKDIR</filename></link><filename>}/${</filename><link linkend='var-BPN'><filename>BPN</filename></link><filename>}-${</filename><link linkend='var-PV'><filename>PV</filename></link><filename>}</filename>,
@@ -12411,7 +12413,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     To enable file removal, set the variable to "1" in your
                     <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> configuration file
                     in your:
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      SKIP_FILEDEPS = "1"
                     </literallayout>
@@ -14263,7 +14265,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     The suffix identifies the <filename>libc</filename> variant
                     for building.
                     When you are building for multiple variants with the same
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>,
                     this mechanism ensures that output for different
                     <filename>libc</filename> variants is kept separate to
                     avoid potential conflicts.
@@ -14421,7 +14423,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <filename>ssh</filename>.
                     You can set this variable to "1" in your
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> file in the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                     to have the OpenEmbedded build system automatically run
                     these tests after an image successfully builds:
                     <literallayout class='monospaced'>
@@ -14789,7 +14791,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     files (other than the shared state cache).
                     By default, the <filename>TMPDIR</filename> variable points
                     to <filename>tmp</filename> within the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
@@ -14924,7 +14926,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
 <!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
                     The top-level
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
                     BitBake automatically sets this variable when you
                     initialize your build environment using either
                     <link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></link>
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
index 0c949880e7..b2f1048f2e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
             distribution configuration options, compiler tuning options, general common configuration
             options, and user configuration options in <filename>local.conf</filename>, which is found
             in the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
         </para>
     </section>
 </section>
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
             code.
             However, there is still the question of a task's indirect inputs - the
             things that were already built and present in the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
             The checksum (or signature) for a particular task needs to add the hashes
             of all the tasks on which the particular task depends.
             Choosing which dependencies to add is a policy decision.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
index d1ac18fb2f..9fb74172b5 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@
         <para>
             The <replaceable>build_dir</replaceable> argument is optional and specifies the directory the
             OpenEmbedded build system uses for the build -
-            the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>.
+            the
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>.
             If you do not specify a Build Directory, it defaults to a directory
             named <filename>build</filename> in your current working directory.
             A common practice is to use a different Build Directory for different targets.
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@
     <para>
         Once an image has been built, it often needs to be installed.
         The images and kernels built by the OpenEmbedded build system are placed in the
-        <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink> in
+        <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link> in
         <filename class="directory">tmp/deploy/images</filename>.
         For information on how to run pre-built images such as <filename>qemux86</filename>
         and <filename>qemuarm</filename>, see the
@@ -978,7 +979,7 @@
                     Removing
                     <link linkend='var-TMPDIR'><filename>TMPDIR</filename></link>
                     (usually <filename>tmp/</filename>, within the
-                    <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>)
+                    <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>)
                     can often fix temporary build issues.
                     Removing <filename>TMPDIR</filename> is usually a
                     relatively cheap operation, because task output will be
@@ -1101,7 +1102,7 @@
             <link linkend='var-BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT'><filename>BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT</filename></link>
             variable to "1" at the end of your
             <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file found in the
-            <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>:
+            <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>:
             <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      INHERIT += "buildhistory"
      BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT = "1"
@@ -1359,7 +1360,7 @@
                 you can enable writing only image information without
                 any history by adding the following to your
                 <filename>conf/local.conf</filename> file found in the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>:
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      INHERIT += "buildhistory"
      BUILDHISTORY_COMMIT = "0"
@@ -1645,7 +1646,7 @@
                 <filename>sync()</filename> calls into the
                 file system on the principle that if there was a significant
                 failure, the
-                <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>
+                <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
                 contents could easily be rebuilt.
                 </para></listitem>
             <listitem><para>