From 23ff556abefac3b3ad1a03543c1f5d93d055f8e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 08:22:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: add SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS to variable glossary (From yocto-docs rev: c3e8eb234c9d1cf67dc46666ea26c1e4eb945c2c) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index df6413b68a..b179abf745 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -7092,6 +7092,30 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:automatically incrementing a package version number`" section, which is in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. + :term:`SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS` + A list of tasks that are typically not relevant (and therefore skipped) + when building using the :ref:`externalsrc ` + class. The default value as set in that class file is the set of tasks + that are rarely needed when using external source:: + + SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS ?= "do_patch do_unpack do_fetch" + + The notable exception is when processing external kernel source as + defined in the :ref:`kernel-yocto ` + class file (formatted for aesthetics):: + + SRCTREECOVEREDTASKS += "\ + do_validate_branches \ + do_kernel_configcheck \ + do_kernel_checkout \ + do_fetch \ + do_unpack \ + do_patch \ + " + + See the associated :term:`EXTERNALSRC` and :term:`EXTERNALSRC_BUILD` + variables for more information. + :term:`SSTATE_DIR` The directory for the shared state cache.