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diff --git a/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst index 257de44ec8..8fbbabbac5 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst @@ -141,10 +141,12 @@ 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_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. +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. By convention, layers in the Yocto Project follow a specific form. Conforming to a known structure allows BitBake to make assumptions @@ -378,11 +380,13 @@ 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 :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. + 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. - *Machine BSP Configuration:* Board Support Package (BSP) layers (i.e. "BSP Layer" in the following figure) providing machine-specific @@ -2092,8 +2096,10 @@ 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 :yocto_home:`Pseudo </software-item/pseudo/>`. Pseudo +In the :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`, +the program that +implements fakeroot is known as +`Pseudo <https://www.yoctoproject.org/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 |