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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-10-01 09:17:16 -0700 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-10-01 22:52:55 +0100 |
| commit | 1cd0b1ea1ce0291efa5e5288d33da60271d00fa1 (patch) | |
| tree | ae9c0cf8d5a82f504bb17d21fa6541ac5870b837 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | a81bfcb91fe2cd21b7aa1bd1385e6d75428009dc (diff) | |
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ref-manual: Updated the BBPATH glossary term
Fixes [YOCTO #5063]
Provided a brief note that tells the user how to set BBPATH
if they are going to run BitBake from any directory outside of
the build directory.
(From yocto-docs rev: 89b31f252237113638acea4634a65ea9ff241b5e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 8133b9d..da04d03 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -724,8 +724,26 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed <glossentry id='var-BBPATH'><glossterm>BBPATH</glossterm> <glossdef> - <para>Used by BitBake to locate <filename>.bbclass</filename> and configuration files. - This variable is analogous to the <filename>PATH</filename> variable.</para> + <para> + Used by BitBake to locate + <filename>.bbclass</filename> and configuration files. + This variable is analogous to the + <filename>PATH</filename> variable. + <note> + If you run BitBake from a directory outside of the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>, + you must be sure to set + <filename>BBPATH</filename> to point to the + Build Directory. + Set the variable as you would any environment variable + and then run BitBake: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + $ BBPATH = "<build_directory>" + $ export BBPATH + $ bitbake <target> + </literallayout> + </note> + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |
