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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-02-15 10:30:19 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-03-03 17:40:11 +0000 |
| commit | b9dddd511e642a0dc465841065b0748b5dccd3c6 (patch) | |
| tree | ea932ef9160dba714b02eb8ff57c88b0a6c78cdd /documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |
| parent | 41e9f7cdac0998b4606007210480ec89874e596f (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-b9dddd511e642a0dc465841065b0748b5dccd3c6.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the S variable description.
Fixes [YOCTO #8542]
I updated the description with a new example specific to Git.
When you use Git, you have to specifically set the S directory
for things to work.
(From yocto-docs rev: 10d71ccda461098fd8c94677d91fd261f6edf508)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 53bc544b5b..1445f16369 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -10548,6 +10548,17 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" The unpacked source code resides in the <filename>db-5.1.19</filename> folder. </para> + + <para> + This next example assumes Git, which means the default + directory is <filename>${WORKDIR}/git</filename>. + Consequently, you must explicitly set + <filename>S</filename> so the source can be located: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + SRC_URI = "git://path/to/repo.git" + S = "${WORKDIR}/git" + </literallayout> + </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |