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diff --git a/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst index 8fbbabbac..257de44ec 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst @@ -141,12 +141,10 @@ hardware-specific configurations allows you to share other metadata by using a different layer where that metadata might be common across several pieces of hardware. -Many layers exist that work in the Yocto Project development -environment. The `Yocto Project Curated Layer -Index <https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-overview/layers/>`__ -and `OpenEmbedded Layer -Index <http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layers/>`__ -both contain layers from which you can use or leverage. +Many layers exist that work in the Yocto Project development environment. The +:yocto_home:`Yocto Project Curated Layer Index </software-overview/layers/>` +and :oe_layerindex:`OpenEmbedded Layer Index <>` both contain layers from +which you can use or leverage. By convention, layers in the Yocto Project follow a specific form. Conforming to a known structure allows BitBake to make assumptions @@ -380,13 +378,11 @@ figure <#general-workflow-figure>`__: - *Metadata (.bb + Patches):* Software layers containing user-supplied recipe files, patches, and append files. A good example - of a software layer might be the - `meta-qt5 layer <https://github.com/meta-qt5/meta-qt5>`__ from - the `OpenEmbedded Layer - Index <http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/layers/>`__. - This layer is for version 5.0 of the popular - `Qt <https://wiki.qt.io/About_Qt>`__ cross-platform application - development framework for desktop, embedded and mobile. + of a software layer might be the :oe_layer:`meta-qt5 layer </meta-qt5>` + from the :oe_layerindex:`OpenEmbedded Layer Index <>`. This layer is for + version 5.0 of the popular `Qt <https://wiki.qt.io/About_Qt>`__ + cross-platform application development framework for desktop, embedded and + mobile. - *Machine BSP Configuration:* Board Support Package (BSP) layers (i.e. "BSP Layer" in the following figure) providing machine-specific @@ -2096,10 +2092,8 @@ The capability to run tasks in a fake root environment is known as the BitBake keyword/variable flag that requests a fake root environment for a task. -In the :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`, -the program that -implements fakeroot is known as -`Pseudo <https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-item/pseudo/>`__. Pseudo +In the :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`, the program that implements +fakeroot is known as :yocto_home:`Pseudo </software-item/pseudo/>`. Pseudo overrides system calls by using the environment variable ``LD_PRELOAD``, which results in the illusion of running as root. To keep track of "fake" file ownership and permissions resulting from operations that |