From 11d8b290dd6a2baec0653d11745123e0fe7b75e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antonin Godard Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:06:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual/structure: document the auto.conf file Add documentation for auto.conf, which is used by external tools for automatically setting variables. (From yocto-docs rev: 707b29352838792c635b39c8b5c20c519b10b832) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 134e54a75e0144c4629f702c6f43e92ed1f12dce) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman --- documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst index 1bb35da5dc..1301038d5b 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/structure.rst @@ -328,6 +328,15 @@ Once the build process gets the sample file, it uses ``sed`` to substitute final This file indicates the state of the sanity checks and is created during the build. +.. _structure-build-conf-auto.conf: + +``build/conf/auto.conf`` +------------------------ + +This file contains configuration variables that are automatically modified by +tools such as :oe_git:`bitbake-config-build `. +This file should not be modified manually. + .. _structure-build-downloads: ``build/downloads/``