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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2015-05-11 08:31:29 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2015-05-12 12:13:27 +0100
commitee52aa304680a27529264cb186df6936b0375118 (patch)
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parent96bdebaa1aa43a35dc0747eda3081e7cf1a3dbde (diff)
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bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml: Added two new varflag descriptions
Added brief descriptions for recideptask and lockfiles. Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> 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/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index 484b90751..d97c301f9 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -1191,6 +1191,15 @@
<listitem><para><emphasis>cleandirs:</emphasis>
Empty directories that should created before the task runs.
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>lockfiles:</emphasis>
+ Specifies one or more lockfiles to lock while the task
+ executes.
+ Only one task may hold a lockfile, and any task that
+ attempts to lock an already locked file will block until
+ the lock is released.
+ You can use this variable flag to accomplish mutual
+ exclusion.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>noexec:</emphasis>
Marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required.
The <filename>noexec</filename> flag can be used to set up
@@ -1201,6 +1210,11 @@
Tells BitBake to not generate a stamp file for a task,
which implies the task should always be executed.
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis>recideptask:</emphasis>
+ When set in conjunction with
+ <filename>recrdeptask</filename>, specifies a task that
+ should be inspected for additional dependencies.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>umask:</emphasis>
The umask to run the task under.
</para></listitem>