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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-02-12 10:09:29 -0600 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-02-14 17:25:45 +0000 |
| commit | a005cdaaedaadfeff8147bcb5050346314fd8bcb (patch) | |
| tree | 04d2176de2f4b7a2a20947acfb6ad8ea7dd99ff3 /documentation | |
| parent | ee180d1475e247817ea898f89c0df422e2551616 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-a005cdaaedaadfeff8147bcb5050346314fd8bcb.tar.gz | |
dev-manual, ref-manual: Cross-references between PR Service and cache
Fixes YOCTO #3684
These changes help tie in the relationship between how the OE
build system uses checksums and such and the PR Service that
can track revision.
(From yocto-docs rev: 39a3010a3bb4b2c1d37aef60984ac16e85b56aac)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml | 12 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 1f8dba4eb6..7e90eb8ef1 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -2040,7 +2040,8 @@ </para> <para> - Because the OpenEmbedded build system uses "signatures", + Because the OpenEmbedded build system uses + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#checksums'>signatures</ulink>", which are unique to a given build, the build system knows when to rebuild packages. All the inputs into a given task are represented by a @@ -2128,7 +2129,7 @@ </para> <note> - The OpenEmbedded build system does not maintain + <para>The OpenEmbedded build system does not maintain <filename>PR</filename> information as part of the shared state (sstate) packages. If you maintain an sstate feed, its expected that either @@ -2136,7 +2137,10 @@ feed use a shared PR Service, or you do not run a PR Service on any of your building systems. Having some systems use a PR Service while others do - not leads to obvious problems. + not leads to obvious problems.</para> + <para>For more information on shared state, see the + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#shared-state-cache'>Shared State Cache</ulink>" + section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.</para> </note> </section> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml index a9c31c8b6e..3393e15933 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml @@ -194,6 +194,18 @@ install them if they are deemed to be valid. </para> + <note> + The OpenEmbedded build system does not maintain + <link linkend='var-PR'><filename>PR</filename></link> information + as part of the Shared State packages. + Consequently, considerations exist that affect maintaining shared + state feeds. + For information on how the OpenEmbedded works with packages and can + track incrementing <filename>PR</filename> information, see the + "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#incrementing-a-package-revision-number'>Incrementing a Package Revision Number</ulink>" + section. + </note> + <para> The rest of this section goes into detail about the overall incremental build architecture, the checksums (signatures), shared state, and some tips and tricks. |