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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> | 2016-02-05 16:32:00 -0800 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2016-03-03 17:40:10 +0000 |
| commit | c8c533ec62e636ef23f50692e035605c4fbf6cf5 (patch) | |
| tree | cba525cf87e3ddaeef8595cb04862600476080ea /documentation | |
| parent | 2a3942bd2aca16f97f21b657e0d9737ab391ec1a (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-c8c533ec62e636ef23f50692e035605c4fbf6cf5.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated the do_populate_sysroot task.
Fixes [YOCTO #8800]
(From yocto-docs rev: 582fc36e9c7157ca9457cad5c8bc6824163feede)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml index 8ac37a0d53..b2ecc66269 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml @@ -293,10 +293,16 @@ <title><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></title> <para> - Copies a subset of files installed by the + Copies a subset of the files installed by the <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link> - task into the sysroot in order to make them available to other - recipes. + task into the sysroot to make them available to other recipes. + Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build + time are skipped. + Skipped files include files installed into + <filename>/etc.</filename> + For information on what files are copied, see the + <link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></link> + class. </para> <para> |