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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2015-06-15 09:22:35 -0600 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-06-16 23:58:08 +0100 |
| commit | 1408654e6d8f5ae962744c6cc2d8a49df34c5101 (patch) | |
| tree | 17b5c7429845297330a46a2b2ca0fac86da4a903 /doc | |
| parent | 937665bd57dad04dd6bb46d06488b699f5c54d29 (diff) | |
| download | bitbake-contrib-1408654e6d8f5ae962744c6cc2d8a49df34c5101.tar.gz | |
bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml: Added BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS desc.
Added a new variable description for the BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS
variable.
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml | 50 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml index 86bf30bb7..688edc92c 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml @@ -102,6 +102,56 @@ </glossdef> </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS'><glossterm>BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + Specifies a space-delimited list of hosts that the fetcher + is allowed to use to obtain the required source code. + Following are considerations surrounding this variable: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para> + This host list is only used if + <link linkend='var-BB_NO_NETWORK'><filename>BB_NO_NETWORK</filename></link> + is either not set or set to "0". + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Limited support for wildcard matching against the + beginning of host names exists. + For example, the following setting matches + <filename>git.gnu.org</filename>, + <filename>ftp.gnu.org</filename>, and + <filename>foo.git.gnu.org</filename>. + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS = "*.gnu.org" + </literallayout> + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Mirrors not in the host list are skipped and + logged in debug. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para> + Attempts to access networks not in the host list + cause a failure. + </para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + Using <filename>BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS</filename> in + conjunction with + <link linkend='var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></link> + is very useful. + Adding the host you want to use to + <filename>PREMIRRORS</filename> results in the source code + being fetched from an allowed location and avoids raising + an error when a host that is not allowed is in a + <link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link> + statement. + This is because the fetcher does not attempt to use the + host listed in <filename>SRC_URI</filename> after a + successful fetch from the + <filename>PREMIRRORS</filename> occurs. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry id='var-BB_CONSOLELOG'><glossterm>BB_CONSOLELOG</glossterm> <glossdef> <para> |