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diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml index f0d3dad138..a1c714e007 100644 --- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml +++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml @@ -818,17 +818,19 @@ </para> <para> - A good deal that goes into a Yocto Project build is simply downloading all of the source - tarballs. - Maybe you have been working with another build system (OpenEmbedded or Angstrom) for which - you've built up a sizable directory of source tarballs. - Or perhaps someone else has such a directory for which you have read access. - If so, you can save time by adding the <filename>PREMIRRORS</filename> - statement to your configuration file so that the build process checks - local directories first for existing tarballs before checking the + A good deal that goes into a Yocto Project build is simply + downloading all of the source tarballs. + Maybe you have been working with another build system + (OpenEmbedded or Angstrom) for which you have built up a sizable + directory of source tarballs. + Or, perhaps someone else has such a directory for which you have + read access. + If so, you can save time by adding statements to your + configuration file so that the build process checks local + directories first for existing tarballs before checking the Internet. - Here is an efficient way to set it up in your <filename>local.conf</filename> - file: + Here is an efficient way to set it up in your + <filename>local.conf</filename> file: <literallayout class='monospaced'> SOURCE_MIRROR_URL ?= "file:///home/you/your-download-dir/" INHERIT += "own-mirrors" @@ -836,6 +838,14 @@ # BB_NO_NETWORK = "1" </literallayout> </para> + + <para> + You can also use the + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PREMIRRORS'><filename>PREMIRRORS</filename></ulink> + variable. + For an example, see the variable's glossary entry in the + Yocto Project Reference Manual. + </para> </section> <section id='building-the-image'> |