diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml index f05d0f8eb7..66c219372a 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml @@ -460,18 +460,25 @@ <title><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></title> <para> - Copies a subset of the files installed by the + Stages (copies) a subset of the files installed by the <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link> - task into the sysroot directory - <filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link><filename>}</filename> - to make them available to other recipes. - Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build - time are skipped. - Skipped files include files installed into - <filename>/etc.</filename> - For information on what files are copied, see the - <link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></link> - class. + task into the appropriate sysroot. + For information on how to make these files available to other + recipes, see the + <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link> + variable. + Directories that would typically not be needed by other recipes at + build time (e.g. <filename>/etc</filename>) are not copied by + default. + </para> + + <para> + For information on what directories are copied by default, see the + <link linkend='var-SYSROOT_DIRS'><filename>SYSROOT_DIRS*</filename></link> + variables. + You can change these variables inside your recipe if you need + to make additional (or fewer) directories available to other + recipes at build time. </para> <para> |