ref-manual: Added information for OEROOT and build environment

Fixes [YOCTO #4980]

Added a new glossary entry for OEROOT.

Added significant information to the local.conf and bblayers.conf
reference sections to describe how the root build directory is
derived.

Also, some unrelated formatting to the DL_DIR variable description
was mixed in here because I forgot to commit that separatey and it
lives in the same variables.xml file.

(From yocto-docs rev: c397a31f5b0d3f6257657119a4e81b4fbdc3800c)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark
2013-09-11 14:44:00 -07:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 3c4f2a6118
commit 89ca97371d
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<title><filename>build/conf/local.conf</filename></title>
<para>
This file contains all the local user configuration for your build environment.
If there is no <filename>local.conf</filename> present, it is created from
<filename>local.conf.sample</filename>.
The <filename>local.conf</filename> file contains documentation on the various configuration options.
Any variable set here overrides any variable set elsewhere within the environment unless
that variable is hard-coded within a file (e.g. by using '=' instead of '?=').
Some variables are hard-coded for various reasons but these variables are
relatively rare.
This configuration file contains all the local user configurations
for your build environment.
The <filename>local.conf</filename> file contains documentation on
the various configuration options.
Any variable set here overrides any variable set elsewhere within
the environment unless that variable is hard-coded within a file
(e.g. by using '=' instead of '?=').
Some variables are hard-coded for various reasons but these
variables are relatively rare.
</para>
<para>
Edit this file to set the <filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></filename>
Edit this file to set the
<filename><link linkend='var-MACHINE'>MACHINE</link></filename>
for which you want to build, which package types you wish to use
(<link linkend='var-PACKAGE_CLASSES'><filename>PACKAGE_CLASSES</filename></link>),
the location from which you want to downloaded files
(<filename><link linkend='var-DL_DIR'>DL_DIR</link></filename>),
and how you want your host machine to use resources
(<link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><filename>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</filename></link> and
(<link linkend='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><filename>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</filename></link>
and
<link linkend='var-PARALLEL_MAKE'><filename>PARALLEL_MAKE</filename></link>).
</para>
<para>
If <filename>local.conf</filename> is not present when you
start the build, the OpenEmbedded build system creates it from
<filename>local.conf.sample</filename> when
you <filename>source</filename> the top-level build environment
setup script (i.e.
<link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></link>
or
<link linkend='structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></link>).
</para>
<para>
The source <filename>local.conf.sample</filename> file used
depends on the <filename>$TEMPLATECONF</filename> script variable,
which defaults to <filename>/meta-yocto/conf</filename>
when you are building from the Yocto Project development
environment and defaults to <filename>/meta/conf</filename> when
you are building from the OpenEmbedded Core environment.
Because the script variable points to the source of the
<filename>local.conf.sample</filename> file, this implies that
you can configure your build environment from any layer by setting
the variable in the top-level build environment setup script as
follows:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
TEMPLATECONF=&lt;your_layer&gt;/conf
</literallayout>
Once the build process gets the sample file, it uses
<filename>sed</filename> to substitute final
<filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-OEROOT'><filename>OEROOT</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
values for all <filename>##OEROOT##</filename> values.
<note>
You can see how the <filename>TEMPLATECONF</filename> variable
is used by looking at the
<filename>/scripts/oe-setup-builddir</filename> script in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
You can find the Yocto Project version of the
<filename>local.conf.sample</filename> file in the
<filename>/meta-yocto/conf</filename> directory.
</note>
</para>
</section>
<section id='structure-build-conf-bblayers.conf'>
<title><filename>build/conf/bblayers.conf</filename></title>
<para>
This file defines
This configuration file defines
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#understanding-and-creating-layers'>layers</ulink>,
which are directory trees, traversed (or walked) by BitBake.
If <filename>bblayers.conf</filename>
is not present, it is created from <filename>bblayers.conf.sample</filename> when
you <filename>source</filename> the environment setup script.
The <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> file uses the
<link linkend='var-BBLAYERS'><filename>BBLAYERS</filename></link>
variable to list the layers BitBake tries to find, and uses the
<link linkend='var-BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE'><filename>BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE</filename></link>
variable to list layers that must not be removed.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> file uses the
<link linkend='var-BBLAYERS'><filename>BBLAYERS</filename></link> variable to
list the layers BitBake tries to find.
The file uses the
<link linkend='var-BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE'><filename>BBLAYERS_NON_REMOVABLE</filename></link>
variable to list layers that must not be removed.
If <filename>bblayers.conf</filename> is not present when you
start the build, the OpenEmbedded build system creates it from
<filename>bblayers.conf.sample</filename> when
you <filename>source</filename> the top-level build environment
setup script (i.e.
<link linkend='structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></link>
or
<link linkend='structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></link>).
</para>
<para>
The source <filename>bblayers.conf.sample</filename> file used
depends on the <filename>$TEMPLATECONF</filename> script variable,
which defaults to <filename>/meta-yocto/conf</filename>
when you are building from the Yocto Project development
environment and defaults to <filename>/meta/conf</filename> when
you are building from the OpenEmbedded Core environment.
Because the script variable points to the source of the
<filename>bblayers.conf.sample</filename> file, this implies that
you can base your build from any layer by setting the variable in
the top-level build environment setup script as follows:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
TEMPLATECONF=&lt;your_layer&gt;/conf
</literallayout>
Once the build process gets the sample file, it uses
<filename>sed</filename> to substitute final
<filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-OEROOT'><filename>OEROOT</filename></link><filename>}</filename>
values for all <filename>##OEROOT##</filename> values.
<note>
You can see how the <filename>TEMPLATECONF</filename> variable
<filename>/scripts/oe-setup-builddir</filename> script in the
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
You can find the Yocto Project version of the
<filename>bblayers.conf.sample</filename> file in the
<filename>/meta-yocto/conf</filename> directory.
</note>
</para>
</section>