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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2015-02-10 12:28:02 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2015-02-17 15:17:00 +0000
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ref-manual: Updated the BUILD_OS variable description.
Fixed the meaning up. (From yocto-docs rev: 1b057475acd2bf33bb6fa3bd03e85a415697873f) 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/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 3fe97c6..a4f67fe 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -1319,12 +1319,11 @@ meta/conf/machine/include/<architecture>/arch-<architecture>.inc
<glossdef>
<para>
Specifies the operating system in use on the build
- host (e.g. Linux).
- The operating system, as reported by the
- <filename>uname</filename> command, sets
- <filename>BUILD_OS</filename>.
- When set, the first word of the value converts to
- lower-case characters.
+ host (e.g. "linux").
+ The OpenEmbedded build system sets the value of
+ <filename>BUILD_OS</filename> from the OS reported by
+ the <filename>uname</filename> command - the first word,
+ converted to lower-case characters.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
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