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authorRobert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>2014-07-08 15:11:06 +0300
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-07-21 11:00:57 +0100
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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>
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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
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