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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-09-18 13:39:18 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-09-22 12:20:48 +0100 |
| commit | 6084246825ea764c689a5c1a04b7d560c897ba50 (patch) | |
| tree | 3f99a5aeb33d32c5dda3ae6ded1dc1141bce5513 /documentation/yocto-project-qs | |
| parent | 3fa6a307c3ceeab297dfb2f2fff23eba62f2216e (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-6084246825ea764c689a5c1a04b7d560c897ba50.tar.gz | |
ref-manual, yocto-project-qs: Explanations for Git tarballs
Fixes [YOCTO #5035]
By default, the DL_DIR does not get files from Git repositories
that are suitable for mirroring. There is a work-around by
using the BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS variable, which, when
set, causes the build system to generate tarballs for the
Git repositories and place them in the DL_DIR.
To address this, I added a new variable description for the
BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS varible, updated the DL_DIR
variable to indicate that "out-of-the-box" the YP puts suitable
mirror files into the DL_DIR for everthing except Git
repositories.
Some other sections were updated where discussion revolved around
pulling down source files. The QS had a spot where the
BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS variable was actually used in an
example. And, the expanded discussion on the BitBake process
had a couple spots that deserved a mention.
(From yocto-docs rev: 1539ff13222449ba60bfaaaac4fe1e8a795b0039)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/yocto-project-qs')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml index f212437f07..e33e4a6e4c 100644 --- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml +++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml @@ -911,6 +911,17 @@ </para> <para> + In the previous example, the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><filename>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</filename></ulink> + variable causes the OpenEmbedded build system to generate tarballs + of the Git repositories and store them in the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></ulink> + directory. + Due to performance reasons, generating and storing these tarballs + is not the build system's default behavior. + </para> + + <para> You can also use the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></ulink> variable. |