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@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
This variable is specific to the :yocto_git:`GStreamer recipes
</poky/tree/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-meta-base.bb>`.
It allows to build the GStreamer `"ugly"
- <https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly>`__ and
+ <https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly>`__ and
`"bad" <https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-bad>`__ audio plugins.
See the :ref:`dev-manual/licenses:other variables related to commercial licenses`
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
This variable is specific to the :yocto_git:`GStreamer recipes
</poky/tree/meta/recipes-multimedia/gstreamer/gstreamer1.0-meta-base.bb>`.
It allows to build the GStreamer `"ugly"
- <https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly>`__ and
+ <https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-ugly>`__ and
`"bad" <https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-bad>`__ video plugins.
See the :ref:`dev-manual/licenses:other variables related to commercial licenses`
@@ -2200,6 +2200,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
is included in the default value of
:term:`OVERRIDES`.
+ Here is an example from :yocto_git:`meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf
+ </poky/tree/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky-tiny.conf>`::
+
+ DISTROOVERRIDES = "poky:poky-tiny"
+
:term:`DL_DIR`
The central download directory used by the build process to store
downloads. By default, :term:`DL_DIR` gets files suitable for mirroring
@@ -2756,12 +2761,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
FILES_SOLIBSDEV ?= "${base_libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}"
:term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS`
- Extends the search path the OpenEmbedded build system uses when
- looking for files and patches as it processes recipes and append
- files. The default directories BitBake uses when it processes recipes
- are initially defined by the :term:`FILESPATH`
- variable. You can extend :term:`FILESPATH` variable by using
- :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS`.
+ A colon-separated list to extend the search path the OpenEmbedded build
+ system uses when looking for files and patches as it processes recipes
+ and append files. The default directories BitBake uses when it processes
+ recipes are initially defined by the :term:`FILESPATH` variable. You can
+ extend :term:`FILESPATH` variable by using :term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS`.
Best practices dictate that you accomplish this by using
:term:`FILESEXTRAPATHS` from within a ``.bbappend`` file and that you
@@ -2822,12 +2826,12 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
recipe to correctly extend the path.
:term:`FILESOVERRIDES`
- A subset of :term:`OVERRIDES` used by the OpenEmbedded build system for
- creating :term:`FILESPATH`. The :term:`FILESOVERRIDES` variable uses
- overrides to automatically extend the :term:`FILESPATH` variable. For an
- example of how that works, see the :term:`FILESPATH` variable
- description. Additionally, you find more information on how overrides
- are handled in the
+ A colon-separated list to specify a subset of :term:`OVERRIDES` used by
+ the OpenEmbedded build system for creating :term:`FILESPATH`. The
+ :term:`FILESOVERRIDES` variable uses overrides to automatically extend
+ the :term:`FILESPATH` variable. For an example of how that works, see the
+ :term:`FILESPATH` variable description. Additionally, you find more
+ information on how overrides are handled in the
":ref:`bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata:conditional syntax (overrides)`"
section of the BitBake User Manual.
@@ -2842,8 +2846,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
build system.
:term:`FILESPATH`
- The default set of directories the OpenEmbedded build system uses
- when searching for patches and files.
+ A colon-separated list specifying the default set of directories the
+ OpenEmbedded build system uses when searching for patches and files.
During the build process, BitBake searches each directory in
:term:`FILESPATH` in the specified order when looking for files and
@@ -5541,6 +5545,15 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
For additional information on how this variable is used, see the
initialization script.
+ :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_TARGET`
+ Set build target for build reproducibility testing. By default
+ all available recipes are compiled with "bitbake world", see also :term:`EXCLUDE_FROM_WORLD`
+ and :doc:`/test-manual/reproducible-builds`.
+
+ :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_SSTATE_TARGETS`
+ Set build targets which can be rebuilt using :ref:`shared state <overview-manual/concepts:shared state cache>`
+ when running build reproducibility tests. See :doc:`/test-manual/reproducible-builds`.
+
:term:`OLDEST_KERNEL`
Declares the oldest version of the Linux kernel that the produced
binaries must support. This variable is passed into the build of the
@@ -7568,9 +7581,10 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
SKIP_RECIPE[myrecipe] = "Not supported by our organization."
:term:`SOC_FAMILY`
- Groups together machines based upon the same family of SOC (System On
- Chip). You typically set this variable in a common ``.inc`` file that
- you include in the configuration files of all the machines.
+ A colon-separated list grouping together machines based upon the same
+ family of SoC (System On Chip). You typically set this variable in a
+ common ``.inc`` file that you include in the configuration files of all
+ the machines.
.. note::
@@ -7942,7 +7956,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
that if you want to build a fixed revision and you want to avoid
performing a query on the remote repository every time BitBake parses
your recipe, you should specify a :term:`SRCREV` that is a full revision
- identifier and not just a tag.
+ identifier (e.g. the full SHA hash in git) and not just a tag.
.. note::