From 6abdc81dec06a362bfbcc06d69b90b96bd9bef01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 15:21:17 +0200 Subject: bitbake-user-manual: document "network" task flag This addresses [YOCTO #15127] Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst') diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst index b35c332c8..58975f4c8 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst @@ -1519,6 +1519,12 @@ functionality of the task: released. You can use this variable flag to accomplish mutual exclusion. +- ``[network]``: When set to "1", allows a task to access the network. By + default, only the ``do_fetch`` task is granted network access. Recipes + shouldn't access the network outside of ``do_fetch`` as it usually + undermines fetcher source mirroring, image and licence manifests, software + auditing and supply chain security. + - ``[noexec]``: When set to "1", marks the task as being empty, with no execution required. You can use the ``[noexec]`` flag to set up tasks as dependency placeholders, or to disable tasks defined -- cgit 1.2.3-korg