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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-09-10 13:48:15 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-09-12 16:50:10 +0100
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ref-manual: Updated the screen help for bitbake command.
(From yocto-docs rev: fc48174c0cc851ab6ace5a8f41ba7d291b1cbb0a) 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-bitbake.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml
index 717c58bd71..41e2601156 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@
$ bitbake --help
Usage: bitbake [options] [package ...]
-Executes the specified task (default is 'build') for a given set of BitBake files.
-It expects that BBFILES is defined, which is a space separated list of files to
-be executed. BBFILES does support wildcards.
-Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.
+ Executes the specified task (default is 'build') for a given set of BitBake files.
+ It expects that BBFILES is defined, which is a space separated list of files to
+ be executed. BBFILES does support wildcards.
+ Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.
Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
@@ -348,6 +348,10 @@ Options:
what you are doing). Depending on the base.bbclass a
listtasks tasks is defined and will show available
tasks
+ -C INVALIDATE_STAMP, --clear-stamp=INVALIDATE_STAMP
+ Invalidate the stamp for the specified cmd such as
+ 'compile' and run the default task for the specified
+ target(s)
-r PREFILE, --read=PREFILE
read the specified file before bitbake.conf
-R POSTFILE, --postread=POSTFILE
@@ -360,11 +364,12 @@ Options:
don't execute, just dump out the signature
construction information
-p, --parse-only quit after parsing the BB files (developers only)
- -s, --show-versions show current and preferred versions of all packages
+ -s, --show-versions show current and preferred versions of all recipes
-e, --environment show the global or per-package environment (this is
what used to be bbread)
-g, --graphviz emit the dependency trees of the specified packages in
- the dot syntax
+ the dot syntax, and the pn-buildlist to show the build
+ list
-I EXTRA_ASSUME_PROVIDED, --ignore-deps=EXTRA_ASSUME_PROVIDED
Assume these dependencies don't exist and are already
provided (equivalent to ASSUME_PROVIDED). Useful to
@@ -374,9 +379,17 @@ Options:
-P, --profile profile the command and print a report
-u UI, --ui=UI userinterface to use
-t SERVERTYPE, --servertype=SERVERTYPE
- Choose which server to use, none, process or xmlrpc
+ Choose which server to use, process or xmlrpc
--revisions-changed Set the exit code depending on whether upstream
floating revisions have changed or not
+ --server-only Run bitbake without UI, the frontend can connect with
+ bitbake server itself
+ -B BIND, --bind=BIND The name/address for the bitbake server to bind to
+ --no-setscene Do not run any setscene tasks, forces builds
+ --remote-server=REMOTE_SERVER
+ Connect to the specified server
+ -m, --kill-server Terminate the remote server
+ --observe-only Connect to a server as an observing-only client
</screen>
</section>