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author | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-03-09 18:47:30 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-03-09 18:59:00 -0700 |
commit | bd2324165565298d89aa788e834f21f0a4083a23 (patch) | |
tree | 1d9a6fdf09d35d75d9414db93d25ae22c4c28ea8 /bitbake | |
parent | d32701381503275c13bd78c49e947ca25e2c8dcc (diff) | |
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bitbake: user-manual-metadata.xml: Add details about environment variables used by BitBake
(Bitbake rev: 91d3e60a48d2269adfd0084eb6f1bcdb211dbce1)
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 index 621b376..a67d6b1 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -958,6 +958,19 @@ <title>Configuration files</title> <para> + Prior to parsing configuration files, Bitbake looks + at certain variables, including: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para><filename>BB-ENV-WHITELIST</filename></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><filename>BB_PRESERVE-ENV</filename></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><filename>BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE</filename></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><filename>BB_ORIG_ENV</filename></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><filename>PREFERRED_VERSIONS</filename></para></listitem> + <listitem><para><filename>PREFERRED_PROVIDERS</filename></para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + + <para> The first kind of metadata in BitBake is configuration metadata. This metadata is global, and therefore affects all packages and tasks that are executed. |