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| -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> |