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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: Update B variable 

Updated the glossary description for the B variable.  There
was some confusing "source directory" terminology in there.

(From yocto-docs rev: 72fbf86ca9612a0dca741f08315efed1d9efa0b1)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2012-09-21 07:37:19 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<glossentry id='var-B'><glossterm>B</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
The directory in which the OpenEmbedded build system places
generated objects during a recipe's build process.
The <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#build-directory'>build directory</ulink>.
The OpenEmbedded build system places generated objects into the build directory
during a recipe's build process.
By default, this directory is the same as the <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link>
directory:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
B = ${WORKDIR}/${BPN}-{PV}/
</literallayout>
You can separate the source directory (<filename>S</filename>) and the directory pointed to
You can separate the (<filename>S</filename>) directory and the directory pointed to
by the <filename>B</filename> variable.
Most autotools-based recipes support separating these directories.
The build system defaults to using separate directories for <filename>gcc</filename>