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author | Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> | 2014-07-08 15:11:06 +0300 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-07-21 11:00:57 +0100 |
commit | 4df50d382763961501651eb4ca7d5dff11298479 (patch) | |
tree | 6e7b18b8a0f21ddf07e1f07de9f40c31e93524c5 /bitbake | |
parent | b62b682aef0b63811d14d227e78a1b358a925a29 (diff) | |
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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml: Minor edits to start of intro chapter
(Bitbake rev: 4e5db4bc460c12194a233dd283c273009606bb64)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake')
-rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml index af2400f..42ea19f 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml @@ -35,17 +35,19 @@ <listitem><para> BitBake executes tasks according to provided metadata that builds up the tasks. - Metadata is stored in recipe (<filename>.bb</filename>), - recipe "append" (<filename>.bbappend</filename>), - configuration (<filename>.conf</filename>), and class - (<filename>.bbclass</filename>) files and provides + Metadata is stored in recipe (<filename>.bb</filename>) + and related recipe "append" (<filename>.bbappend</filename>) + files, configuration (<filename>.conf</filename>) and + underlying include (<filename>.inc</filename>) files, and + in class (<filename>.bbclass</filename>) files. + The metadata provides BitBake with instructions on what tasks to run and the dependencies between those tasks. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> BitBake includes a fetcher library for obtaining source code from various places such as local files, source control - systems, websites, or local files. + systems, or websites. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> The instructions for each unit to be built (e.g. a piece @@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ </para></listitem> <listitem><para> BitBake includes a client/server abstraction and can - be used from a command line or used as a service over XMLRPC and - has several different user interfaces. + be used from a command line or used as a service over + XML-RPC and has several different user interfaces. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> @@ -80,8 +82,11 @@ Today, BitBake is the primary basis of the <ulink url="http://www.openembedded.org/">OpenEmbedded</ulink> project, which is being used to build and maintain Linux - distributions such as the Angstrom Distribution and which is used - as the build tool for Linux projects such as the Yocto Project. + distributions such as the + <ulink url='http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/'>Angstrom Distribution</ulink>, + and which is also being used as the build tool for Linux projects + such as the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project</ulink>. </para> <para> @@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Split metadata into layers and allow layers - to override each other. + to enhance or override other layers. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> Allow representation of a given set of input variables |