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bitbake: bitbake-user-manual-intro.xml: Minor edits to start of intro chapter

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Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Robert P. J. Day
2014-07-08 15:11:06 +03:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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<listitem><para>
BitBake executes tasks according to provided
metadata that builds up the tasks.
Metadata is stored in recipe (<filename>.bb</filename>),
recipe "append" (<filename>.bbappend</filename>),
configuration (<filename>.conf</filename>), and class
(<filename>.bbclass</filename>) files and provides
Metadata is stored in recipe (<filename>.bb</filename>)
and related recipe "append" (<filename>.bbappend</filename>)
files, configuration (<filename>.conf</filename>) and
underlying include (<filename>.inc</filename>) files, and
in class (<filename>.bbclass</filename>) files.
The metadata provides
BitBake with instructions on what tasks to run and
the dependencies between those tasks.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
BitBake includes a fetcher library for obtaining source
code from various places such as local files, source control
systems, websites, or local files.
systems, or websites.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
The instructions for each unit to be built (e.g. a piece
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
BitBake includes a client/server abstraction and can
be used from a command line or used as a service over XMLRPC and
has several different user interfaces.
be used from a command line or used as a service over
XML-RPC and has several different user interfaces.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -80,8 +82,11 @@
Today, BitBake is the primary basis of the
<ulink url="http://www.openembedded.org/">OpenEmbedded</ulink>
project, which is being used to build and maintain Linux
distributions such as the Angstrom Distribution and which is used
as the build tool for Linux projects such as the Yocto Project.
distributions such as the
<ulink url='http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/'>Angstrom Distribution</ulink>,
and which is also being used as the build tool for Linux projects
such as the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;'>Yocto Project</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Split metadata into layers and allow layers
to override each other.
to enhance or override other layers.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Allow representation of a given set of input variables