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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-08-03 17:22:58 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-08-17 10:22:59 +0100 |
| commit | 50d78130fd13bcf09288f37e07c4baf6490587eb (patch) | |
| tree | 4a97fe6f0481a0fc5c9bcd76ae947de666ddbada /bitbake/doc | |
| parent | 500ebdda6be978fe4edc3a37b685e999c7436be0 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-50d78130fd13bcf09288f37e07c4baf6490587eb.tar.gz | |
bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Added detail to [dirs] and [cleardirs] flags
Fixes [YOCTO #10071]
Provided more clear descriptions for these two flags.
(Bitbake rev: c85c9a468dc3ce606a5f8797e6be8b411a9f3bdb)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'bitbake/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index 7ef848f006..6fa814866a 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -1394,7 +1394,10 @@ functionality of the task: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><emphasis>cleandirs:</emphasis> - Empty directories that should created before the task runs. + Empty directories that should be created before the + task runs. + Directories that already exist are removed and recreated + to empty them. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>depends:</emphasis> Controls inter-task dependencies. @@ -1414,8 +1417,9 @@ </para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>dirs:</emphasis> Directories that should be created before the task runs. - The last directory listed will be used as the work directory - for the task. + Directories that already exist are left as is. + The last directory listed is used as the + current working directory for the task. </para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis>lockfiles:</emphasis> Specifies one or more lockfiles to lock while the task |