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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-02-04 12:17:21 -0600 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-02-14 17:24:02 +0000 |
| commit | 38670f4719e93bee2c468ed6ec278b3b5beaa92e (patch) | |
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| parent | c28948d9c3c021ba07665c869ff762e288a1621b (diff) | |
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ref-manual: Added PREMIRRORS glossary entry.
(From yocto-docs rev: a91e562db5c1581cb88f0254f8d5a170296f3e41)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 45 |
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index dabf059..959b8c3 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -2487,6 +2487,51 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-PREMIRRORS'><glossterm>PREMIRRORS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Specifies additional paths from which the OpenEmbedded + build system gets source code. + When the build system searches for source code, it first + tries the local download directory. + If that location fails, the build system tries locations + defined by <filename>PREMIRRORS</filename>, the upstream + source, and then locations specified by + <link linkend='var-MIRRORS'><filename>MIRRORS</filename></link> + in that order. + </para> + + <para> + Assuming your distribution + (<link linkend='var-DISTRO'><filename>DISTRO</filename></link>) + is "poky", the default value for + <filename>PREMIRRORS</filename> is defined in the + <filename>conf/distro/poky.conf</filename> file in the + <filename>meta-yocto</filename> Git repository. + </para> + + <para> + Typically, you could add a specific server for the + build system to attempt before any others by adding + something like the following to the + <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file in the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + PREMIRRORS_prepend = "\ + git://.*/.* http://www.yoctoproject.org/sources/ \n \ + ftp://.*/.* http://www.yoctoproject.org/sources/ \n \ + http://.*/.* http://www.yoctoproject.org/sources/ \n \ + https://.*/.* http://www.yoctoproject.org/sources/ \n" + </literallayout> + These changes cause the build system to intercept + Git, FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS requests and direct them to + the <filename>http://</filename> sources mirror. + You can use <filename>file://</filename> URLs to point + to local directories or network shares as well. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-PRINC'><glossterm>PRINC</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>Causes the <filename>PR</filename> variable of |
