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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2016-06-07 18:24:27 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2016-07-21 07:47:35 +0100
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bitbake-user-manual: Added new section on command-line execution
Needed a section on executing a list of task and recipe combinations. Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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</para>
</section>
+ <section id='executing-a-list-of-task-and-recipe-combinations'>
+ <title>Executing a List of Task and Recipe Combinations</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The BitBake command line supports specifying different
+ tasks for individual targets when you specify multiple
+ targets.
+ For example, suppose you had two targets (or recipes)
+ <filename>myfirstrecipe</filename> and
+ <filename>mysecondrecipe</filename> and you needed
+ BitBake to run <filename>taskA</filename> for the first
+ recipe and <filename>taskB</filename> for the second
+ recipe:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ bitbake myfirstrecipe recipe:do_taskA mysecondrecipe recipe:do_taskB
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
<section id='generating-dependency-graphs'>
<title>Generating Dependency Graphs</title>