From 802e09b0abba4464e86d190b2a41edc1278c8e03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:58:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Tweaks to a patch from Robert P. J. Day I altered three areas from the previous patch submitted and applied from Robert P. J. Day. Two minor wording changes and removal of negative language. (From yocto-docs rev: e4370fb28e6278292224b3a3efbf41943c5c0829) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml index f863c4cfb7..4d1c2e3f4e 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ and is responsible for parsing the Metadata, generating a list of tasks from it, and then executing those tasks. - To see a list of the options BitBake supports, use either of: + To see a list of the options BitBake supports, use either of + the following commands: $ bitbake -h $ bitbake --help @@ -112,13 +113,13 @@ The .bb files are usually referred to as "recipes." In general, a recipe contains information about a single piece of software. This information includes the location from which to download the - pristine source, any source patches to be applied to that source - (if any are needed), which special configuration options to apply, + unaltered source, any source patches to be applied to that source + (if needed), which special configuration options to apply, how to compile the source files, and how to package the compiled output. - The term "package" is sometimes (confusingly) used to refer to recipes. However, + The term "package" is sometimes used to refer to recipes. However, since the word "package" is used for the packaged output from the OpenEmbedded build system (i.e. .ipk or .deb files), this document avoids using the term "package" when referring to recipes.