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| author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2012-03-13 07:57:37 -0600 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-03-23 14:24:44 +0000 |
| commit | 6392dffcf830c3514820a0b68767a5b72984ace1 (patch) | |
| tree | 121cc04140814ce75986f831ae4058a133f9d4b0 /documentation | |
| parent | f202838fdd1872c2a74f07c5a5d9a664780972db (diff) | |
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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml: More edits to layer
Layer section review comments from Paul Eggleton added.
(From yocto-docs rev: a536fe1635dbe9157e86995e7a78568e41a75957)
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/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 729e945..90d9b54 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ The <filename>LAYERDIR</filename> variable expands to the directory of the current layer and requires the immediate expansion operator so that BitBake does not wait to expand the variable when it's parsing a different directory.</para> - <para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename> environment variable, + <para>Through the use of the <filename>BBPATH</filename> variable, BitBake locates <filename>.bbclass</filename> files, configuration files, and files that are included with <filename>include</filename> and <filename>require</filename> statements. @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ Use <filename>.bbappend</filename> files for each recipe that uses an include file. Or, if you are introducing a new recipe that requires the inc file, use the - full path to refer to the original. + path relative to the original layer directory to refer to the file. For example, use <filename>require recipes-core/somepackage/somefile.inc</filename> instead of <filename>require somefile.inc</filename>. If you're finding you have to overlay the include file, it could indicate a @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ We also recommend the following: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para>Store custom layers in a Git repository that uses the - <filename>meta-prvt-XXXX</filename> format.</para></listitem> + <filename>meta-<layer_name></filename> format.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Clone the repository alongside other <filename>meta</filename> directories in the Yocto Project source files area.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> |
