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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2019-05-14 09:29:39 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-05-15 21:54:15 +0100 |
| commit | 820ebc43d812a5228195a4640f3471161590c93d (patch) | |
| tree | d87e544a63cf6feb98b52a48ad427f0248f56504 /documentation | |
| parent | 9a5f7ae7d95a81769de81ad7dc2c2f2145603cd2 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-820ebc43d812a5228195a4640f3471161590c93d.tar.gz | |
overview-manual: Updated SMC section to link to fetchers
Fixes [YOCTO #10098]
I did some re-writing here and also linked over to the
"Fetchers" section, which is in the BitBake User Manual.
(From yocto-docs rev: a2ba04bcf13dd1c68cba5a79ae9e7d4c8fbcdf59)
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/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml index 5aca215a44..8a1b38c87d 100644 --- a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml +++ b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml @@ -925,14 +925,16 @@ <para> Another place the build system can get source files from is - through an SCM such as Git or Subversion. - In this case, a repository is cloned or checked out. + through a Source Control Manager (SCM) such as Git or + Subversion. + In such cases, a repository is cloned or checked out. The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-fetch'><filename>do_fetch</filename></ulink> task inside BitBake uses the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></ulink> variable and the argument's prefix to determine the correct - fetcher module. + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#bb-fetchers'><filename>fetcher</filename></ulink> + module. <note> For information on how to have the OpenEmbedded build system generate tarballs for Git repositories and place @@ -940,7 +942,7 @@ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></ulink> directory, see the <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><filename>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</filename></ulink> - variable. + variable in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. </note> </para> |