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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst index a570c40e7d..d35ab78bff 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ the build environment setup script (i.e. :ref:`structure-core-script`). By default, this :term:`Build Directory` is named ``build`` but can be named anything you want. -Within the Build Directory, is the ``tmp`` directory. To remove all the +Within the :term:`Build Directory`, is the ``tmp`` directory. To remove all the build output yet preserve any source code or downloaded files from previous builds, simply remove the ``tmp`` directory. @@ -381,14 +381,13 @@ system of that image. Thus, the build system provides a value of forth. Meanwhile, ``DESTDIR`` is a path within the :term:`Build Directory`. -However, when the recipe builds a -native program (i.e. one that is intended to run on the build machine), -that program is never installed directly to the build machine's root -file system. Consequently, the build system uses paths within the Build -Directory for ``DESTDIR``, ``bindir`` and related variables. To better -understand this, consider the following two paths (artificially broken -across lines for readability) where the first is relatively normal and -the second is not:: +However, when the recipe builds a native program (i.e. one that is +intended to run on the build machine), that program is never installed +directly to the build machine's root file system. Consequently, the build +system uses paths within the Build Directory for ``DESTDIR``, ``bindir`` +and related variables. To better understand this, consider the following +two paths (artificially broken across lines for readability) where the +first is relatively normal and the second is not:: /home/maxtothemax/poky-bootchart2/build/tmp/work/i586-poky-linux/zlib/ 1.2.8-r0/sysroot-destdir/usr/bin |