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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-11-11 08:55:53 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-12-03 12:53:07 +0000 |
| commit | 6ac98af75ce994fd763b286fcd99adbee1d92851 (patch) | |
| tree | 2a6b6385545b4e3987496a4983d3e9832f2f908a /documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | |
| parent | 88312722890aa95c0f91e2b5ac72241f545c7bd1 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-6ac98af75ce994fd763b286fcd99adbee1d92851.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Updated Build Directory term
The examples went stale. Two out of three did not work. I have
provided new examples that work.
Reporte-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
(From yocto-docs rev: 0a3695f3f6a5b31617f4a5da960677f87733b825)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml | 43 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml index 600c789a6d..d10f629a4a 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml @@ -510,27 +510,40 @@ The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-TOPDIR'><filename>TOPDIR</filename></ulink> variable points to the Build Directory.</para> - <para>You have a lot of flexibility when creating the Build Directory. - Following are some examples that show how to create the directory: + <para> + You have a lot of flexibility when creating the Build + Directory. + Following are some examples that show how to create the + directory. + The examples assume your + <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link> is + named <filename>poky</filename>: <itemizedlist> - <listitem><para>Create the Build Directory in your current working directory - and name it <filename>build</filename>. - This is the default behavior. + <listitem><para>Create the Build Directory inside your + Source Directory and let the name of the Build + Directory default to <filename>build</filename>: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; + $ cd $HOME/poky + $ source &OE_INIT_FILE; </literallayout></para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Provide a directory path and specifically name the build - directory. - This next example creates a Build Directory named <filename>YP-&POKYVERSION;</filename> - in your home directory within the directory <filename>mybuilds</filename>. - If <filename>mybuilds</filename> does not exist, the directory is created for you: + <listitem><para>Create the Build Directory inside your + home directory and specifically name it + <filename>test-builds</filename>: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; $HOME/mybuilds/YP-&POKYVERSION; + $ cd $HOME + $ source poky/&OE_INIT_FILE; test-builds </literallayout></para></listitem> - <listitem><para>Provide an existing directory to use as the Build Directory - and use the default <filename>build</filename> name. + <listitem><para>Provide a directory path and + specifically name the build directory. + Any intermediate folders in the pathname must + exist. + This next example creates a Build Directory named + <filename>YP-&POKYVERSION;</filename> + in your home directory within the existing + directory <filename>mybuilds</filename>: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; $HOME/mybuilds/ + $cd $HOME + $ source $HOME/poky/&OE_INIT_FILE; $HOME/mybuilds/YP-&POKYVERSION; </literallayout></para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> |