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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-09-01 10:10:47 -0700 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-09-23 15:27:32 +0100 |
| commit | f1879193b90b27f3c9b1e1dccc9097d5913d95b6 (patch) | |
| tree | b35e26760ea1e84bce0d6412228cdf77a607c683 /documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml | |
| parent | ba8bc1ba3933b624a4cf61e75d46da8823291292 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-f1879193b90b27f3c9b1e1dccc9097d5913d95b6.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: New section clarifying stamps, input checksums and sstate cache
Fixes [YOCTO #10172]
I added a new section on how BitBake reruns tasks based on the
stamps files. Also put in some cross-referencing links to that
new section in the stamps entry for the structure chapter and in
the STAMP variable in the glossary.
(From yocto-docs rev: da8779d9eb85473cd6b0f74e9e1371e1d277890f)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml index e51ceb1bf5..6912d3f6b2 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-structure.xml @@ -801,8 +801,9 @@ <title><filename>build/tmp/stamps/</filename></title> <para> - This directory holds information that BitBake uses for accounting purposes - to track what tasks have run and when they have run. + This directory holds information that BitBake uses for + accounting purposes to track what tasks have run and when they + have run. The directory is sub-divided by architecture, package name, and version. Following is an example: @@ -812,6 +813,13 @@ Although the files in the directory are empty of data, BitBake uses the filenames and timestamps for tracking purposes. </para> + + <para> + For information on how BitBake uses stamp files to determine if + a task should be rerun, see the + "<link linkend='stamp-files-and-the-rerunning-of-tasks'>Stamp Files and the Rerunning of Tasks</link>" + section. + </para> </section> <section id='structure-build-tmp-log'> |