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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-08-02 09:49:58 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-08-18 23:50:46 +0100
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ref-manual: New "Fakeroot and Pseudo" section.
Fixes [YOCTO #10060] I provided a new section in the Technical Details chapter. Also some extra explanation was added to both the do_install task and to the D variable. (From yocto-docs rev: 565fb11d72bf8c585469bcf65f92b6738e344813) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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<literallayout class='monospaced'>
${<link linkend='var-WORKDIR'>WORKDIR</link>}/image
</literallayout>
+ <note><title>Caution</title>
+ Tasks that read from or write to this directory should
+ run under
+ <link linkend='fakeroot-and-pseudo'>fakeroot</link>.
+ </note>
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>