From bbb9996af447852e263143a91defaebb2aa4e988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 12:33:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Edits to base class. (From yocto-docs rev: 91e5eb73e223fc8fb95978d39a57b4790760daec) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 21 +++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml index 71e74e869b..d0dc0b0900 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml @@ -133,18 +133,23 @@
- The base Class - <filename>base.bbclass</filename> + <filename>base.bbclass</filename> - The base class is special in that every .bb - file inherits it automatically. + The base class is special in that every + .bb file automatically inherits the class. This class contains definitions for standard basic - tasks such as fetching, unpacking, configuring (empty by default), compiling - (runs any Makefile present), installing (empty by default) and packaging - (empty by default). + tasks such as fetching, unpacking, configuring (empty by default), + compiling (runs any Makefile present), installing + (empty by default) and packaging (empty by default). These classes are often overridden or extended by other classes - such as autotools.bbclass or package.bbclass. - The class also contains some commonly used functions such as oe_runmake. + such as the + autotools + class or the + package + class. + The class also contains some commonly used functions such as + oe_runmake.