From 79b0386676f80520072e9a8fbb7b7bfc6571eed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:26:51 +0200 Subject: ref-manual: structure.rst: improve information about build/cache/ Also include this directory in alphabetical order. (From yocto-docs rev: f9156f413053a5f19bd59c83a1f6f24eb02a57e1) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst index f34becddc9..fa65b687cd 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst @@ -240,6 +240,18 @@ subdirectories. For information on the build history feature, see the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:maintaining build output quality`" section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. +.. _structure-build-cache: + +``build/cache/`` +---------------- + +This directory contains several internal files used by the OpenEmbedded +build system. + +It also contains ``sanity_info``, a text file keeping track of important +build information such as the values of :term:`TMPDIR`, :term:`SSTATE_DIR`, +as well as the name and version of the host distribution. + .. _structure-build-conf-local.conf: ``build/conf/local.conf`` @@ -323,14 +335,6 @@ Once the build process gets the sample file, it uses ``sed`` to substitute final version of the ``bblayers.conf.sample`` file in the ``meta-poky/conf/templates/default`` directory. -.. _structure-build-conf-sanity_info: - -``build/cache/sanity_info`` ---------------------------- - -This file indicates the state of the sanity checks and is created during -the build. - .. _structure-build-downloads: ``build/downloads/`` -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf