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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-16 10:43:10 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-23 15:27:34 +0100 |
| commit | ad1ba190df11353df7dd676ca30bbc8bd6e68671 (patch) | |
| tree | 944d5b6e2f9fd33cc4c9878c8a4384886a988875 /documentation/ref-manual | |
| parent | 5ec03cd359332d87f2fd4f4542a58dea1600ec96 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-ad1ba190df11353df7dd676ca30bbc8bd6e68671.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updates to PKGDESTWORK and do_packagedata
Fixes [YOCTO #10248]
Provided more accurate descriptions for this variable and task.
(From yocto-docs rev: 422fa705165748230470fffc4fcc543ee38b1f2e)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 23 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml index fa9fca1ce3..0ad3632538 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml @@ -417,10 +417,11 @@ <title><filename>do_packagedata</filename></title> <para> - Creates package metadata used by the build system to generate the - final packages. - The data is saved in - <link linkend='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><filename>PKGDATA_DIR</filename></link>. + Saves package metadata generated by the + <link linkend='ref-tasks-package'><filename>do_package</filename></link> + task in + <link linkend='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><filename>PKGDATA_DIR</filename></link> + to make it available globally. </para> </section> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index a97369dfad..89970421ad 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -9691,32 +9691,29 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" <glossentry id='var-PKGDESTWORK'><glossterm>PKGDESTWORK</glossterm> <info> - PKGDESTWORK[doc] = "Points to a temporary work area used by the do_package task to write output from the do_packagedata task." + PKGDESTWORK[doc] = "Points to a temporary work area where the do_package task saves package metadata." </info> <glossdef> <para role="glossdeffirst"> <!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> --> - Points to a temporary work area used by the + Points to a temporary work area where the <link linkend='ref-tasks-package'><filename>do_package</filename></link> - task to write output from the - <link linkend='ref-tasks-packagedata'><filename>do_packagedata</filename></link> - task. + task saves package metadata. The <filename>PKGDESTWORK</filename> location defaults to the following: <literallayout class='monospaced'> ${WORKDIR}/pkgdata </literallayout> + Do not change this default. </para> <para> - The <filename>do_packagedata</filename> task then packages - the data in the temporary work area and installs it into a - shared directory pointed to by - <link linkend='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><filename>PKGDATA_DIR</filename></link>. - </para> - - <para> - Do not change this default. + The + <link linkend='ref-tasks-packagedata'><filename>do_packagedata</filename></link> + task copies the package metadata from + <filename>PKGDESTWORK</filename> to + <link linkend='var-PKGDATA_DIR'><filename>PKGDATA_DIR</filename></link> + to make it available globally. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |