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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2014-03-24 17:17:43 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2014-03-25 12:29:45 +0000
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dev-manual: Added notes saying you need to work from same branches
Fixes [YOCTO #4601] Added a couple notes saying that you need to be in matching branches for meta-intel and poky. (From yocto-docs rev: 02bd63829b1d98f21183a10707753e9767bfe68e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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<filename>poky</filename> repository or any supported BSP tarballs.
Unpacking these tarballs gives you a snapshot of the released
files.
- <note>
- The recommended method for setting up the Yocto Project
- <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link> and the
- files for supported BSPs (e.g., <filename>meta-intel</filename>) is to
- use <link linkend='git'>Git</link> to create a local copy of the
- upstream repositories.
+ <note><title>Notes</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The recommended method for setting up the Yocto Project
+ <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>
+ and the files for supported BSPs
+ (e.g., <filename>meta-intel</filename>) is to use
+ <link linkend='git'>Git</link> to create a local copy of
+ the upstream repositories.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Be sure to always work in matching branches for both
+ the <filename>meta-intel</filename> repository and the
+ <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>
+ (i.e. <filename>poky</filename>) repository.
+ For example, if you have checked out the "master" branch
+ of <filename>poky</filename> and you are going to use
+ <filename>meta-intel</filename>, be sure to checkout the
+ "master" branch of <filename>meta-intel</filename>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</note>
</para>