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authorRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-01-18 14:33:33 +0000
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-01-27 21:03:22 +0000
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bitbake: user-manual-metadata: Clean up task flag section
(Bitbake rev: b2e8c56d0f554e3b118f23b42858319110501180) Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml
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@@ -568,17 +568,33 @@
<para>
Tasks support a number of flags which control various
- functionality of the task. These are as follows:
+ functionality of the task.
+ These are as follows:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>dirs:</emphasis>
+ Directories which should be created before the task runs.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>cleandirs:</emphasis>
+ Directories which should created before the task runs
+ but should be empty.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>noexec:</emphasis>
+ Marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required.
+ These are used as dependency placeholders or used when added tasks
+ need to be subsequently disabled.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>nostamp:</emphasis>
+ Do not generate a stamp file for a task.
+ This means the task is always executed.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>fakeroot:</emphasis>
+ This task needs to be run in a fakeroot environment,
+ obtained by adding the variables in <filename>FAKEROOTENV</filename>
+ to the environment.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>umask:</emphasis>
+ The umask to run the task under.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ For the 'deptask', 'rdeptask', 'depends', 'rdepends'and
+ 'recrdeptask' flags, please see the dependencies section.
</para>
- <para>'dirs' - directories which should be created before the task runs</para>
- <para>'cleandirs' - directories which should be created before the task runs but should be empty</para>
- <para>'noexec' - marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required. These are used as dependency placeholders or used when added tasks need to be subsequently disabled.</para>
- <para>'nostamp' - don't generate a stamp file for a task. This means the task is always rexecuted.</para>
- <para>'fakeroot' - this task needs to be run in a fakeroot environment, obtained by adding the variables in FAKEROOTENV to the environment.</para>
- <para>'umask' - the umask to run the task under.</para>
- <para> For the 'deptask', 'rdeptask', 'depends', 'rdepends' and 'recrdeptask' flags please see the dependencies section.</para>
- </section>
-
+ </section>
<section id='parsing-and-execution'>
<title>Parsing and Execution</title>
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