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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index fe1c100794..5d0d257e23 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ For performance reasons, creating and placing tarballs of the Git repositories is not the default action by the OpenEmbedded build system. + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BB_Generate_MIRROR_TARBALLS = "1" + </literallayout> + Set this variable in your <filename>local.conf</filename> + file in the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>. </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> @@ -1272,6 +1278,15 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed <para> The central download directory used by the build process to store downloads. + By default, <filename>DL_DIR</filename> gets files + suitable for mirroring for everything except Git + repositories. + If you want tarballs of Git repositories, use the + <link linkend='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><filename>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</filename></link> + variable. + </para> + + <para> You can set this directory by defining the <filename>DL_DIR</filename> variable in the <filename>/conf/local.conf</filename> file. @@ -1296,20 +1311,9 @@ Core layer for images cannot be removed <filename>DL_DIR</filename> and the build system looks there first to find source tarballs. <note> - <para> - When wiping and rebuilding, you can preserve this - directory to speed up this part of subsequent - builds. - </para> - - <para> - Also, by default, the <filename>DL_DIR</filename> - does not contain tarballs of Git directories. - However, you can instruct the build process to save - these tarballs to the directory by using the - <link linkend='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><filename>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</filename></link> - variable. - </para> + When wiping and rebuilding, you can preserve this + directory to speed up this part of subsequent + builds. </note> </para> |