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author | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-01-17 15:15:24 +0000 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-01-27 21:03:19 +0000 |
commit | a713dade850b5b60d46ee78bd9092815892bc6d2 (patch) | |
tree | 7d64196b4b1afdad591b2b0da3095adb291d90c4 /bitbake/doc/user-manual | |
parent | 5b60a81c9510b5c2198ade0ada6878ec9dbeaa65 (diff) | |
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bitbake: user-manual-intro: Various minor cleanups/improvements
(Bitbake rev: 5e22c0c5d4bb9e63142a13618f5f87e53c83d9f2)
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-intro.xml b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-intro.xml index 2ab049e..4050e43 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-intro.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-intro.xml @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ an aspiring embedded Linux distribution. All of the build systems used by traditional desktop Linux distributions lacked important functionality, and none of the - ad-hoc <emphasis>buildroot</emphasis> systems, prevalent in the + ad-hoc buildroot systems, prevalent in the embedded space, were scalable or maintainable. </para> @@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ common metadata between many packages. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para> Over time it has become apparent that some further requirements were necessary: <itemizedlist> @@ -129,9 +126,6 @@ with prebuilt components. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> - </para> - - <para> BitBake satisfies all the original requirements and many more with extensions being made to the basic functionality to reflect the additional requirements. @@ -166,21 +160,22 @@ A BitBake Recipe, denoted by the file extension <filename>.bb</filename> is the most basic metadata file. - It tells BitBake the following: + These recipe files tell BitBake the following: <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>descriptive information about the package</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>the version of the recipe</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>when dependencies exist</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>where the source code resides</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>whether the source code requires any patches</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>how to compile the source code</para></listitem> - <listitem><para>where on the target machine to install the package being compiled</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Descriptive information about the package</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The version of the recipe</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>When dependencies exist</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Where the source code resides</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Whether the source code requires any patches</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>How to compile the source code</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Where on the target machine to install the package being compiled</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> <para> Within the context of BitBake, or any project utilizing BitBake - as it's build system, files with the .bb extension are referred + as it's build system, files with the <filename>.bb</filename> + extension are referred to as recipes. The term "package" is also commonly used to describe recipes. However, since the same word is used to describe packaged @@ -201,8 +196,10 @@ machine configuration options, distribution configuration options, compiler tuning options, general common configuration options and user configuration options. - The main configuration file is the sample bitbake.conf file, - located within the bitbake source tree /conf directory. + The main configuration file is the sample + <filename>bitbake.conf</filename> file, + located within the bitbake source tree + <filename>/conf</filename> directory. </para> </section> @@ -214,11 +211,11 @@ <filename>.bbclass</filename> extension contain information that is useful to share between metadata files. The BitBake source tree comes with one class metadata file - currently, called base.bbclass and it is found in the /classes - directory. - The base.bbclass is special in that any new classes that a - developer adds to a project is required to inherit it - automatically. + currently, called <filename>base.bbclass</filename> and it is + found in the <filename>/classes</filename> directory. + The <filename>base.bbclass</filename> is special in that any + new classes that a developer adds to a project is required to + inherit it automatically. This class contains definitions for standard basic tasks such as fetching, unpacking, configuring (empty by default), compiling (runs any Makefile present), installing (empty by |