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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-06-14 10:30:38 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-06-21 12:59:07 +0100 |
| commit | 26d2f28286fb43d4412e5bb4a92be17166bf11e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e9dba08f663811c7156af6509b21197e7540536 /documentation | |
| parent | fadcb31841f0b53301dd83eb4595c0e9336f5902 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-26d2f28286fb43d4412e5bb4a92be17166bf11e4.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Updated the method to set SimpleHTTPServer for testing
Fixes [YOCTO #1882]
Re-did the steps to set this server up.
(From yocto-docs rev: 45e073a60ef7b1d540439b621266a9019a3d2947)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.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 | 39 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index b7b623a255..c67468f143 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -7655,33 +7655,18 @@ </para> <para> - Use the following steps to set up the SimpleHTTPServer - machine. - These steps assume the build machine and the server are - same machine: - <orderedlist> - <listitem><para><emphasis>Create a Directory that - Contains the Packages to Host:</emphasis> - Be sure you have root privileges and place the - directory inside <filename>var/www/</filename> - (e.g. <filename>/var/www/my_repo/</filename>). - To ensure the directory contains the packages you - want to serve, you need to create a symlink from - the package feed area to the directory that hosts - the packages you want to provide: - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - my_repo # ln -s ~{TMPDIR}/deploy/<replaceable>packageformat</replaceable> ./ - </literallayout> - </para></listitem> - <listitem><para><emphasis>Start the Server:</emphasis> - You can start the server by running the following - commands from the recently created directory: - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - $ cd /var/www/my_repo - $ python –m SimpleHTTPServer - </literallayout> - </para></listitem> - </orderedlist> + From within the build directory where you have built an + image based on your packaging choice (i.e. the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'><filename>PACKAGE_CLASSES</filename></ulink> + setting), simply start the server. + The following example assumes a build directory of + <filename>~/poky/build/tmp/deploy/rpm</filename> and a + <filename>PACKAGE_CLASSES</filename> setting of + "package_rpm": + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + $ cd ~/poky/build/tmp/deploy/rpm + $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer + </literallayout> </para> </section> |