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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2011-04-04 16:20:58 -0500
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2011-04-06 07:59:55 -0700
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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-classes.xml: re-write of autotooled packages
Section C.2 (Autotooled Packages) was re-written. I removed a bunch of <variable> tags and replaced them with <filename>. Also removed some Britishisms. Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index 0cb2fcee17..14029559ce 100644
--- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
by BUILDDIR (e.g. <filename class="directory">build/</filename>)in the same way as
<filename class="extension">.conf</filename> files in the <filename
class="directory">conf</filename> directory. Class files are searched for
- in BBPATH in the same was as <filename class="extension">.conf</filename> files too.
+ in BBPATH in the same was as <filename>.conf</filename> files too.
</para>
<para>
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@
<title>Autotooled Packages - <filename>autotools.bbclass</filename></title>
<para>
- Autotools (autoconf, automake, libtool) brings standardisation and this
- class aims to define a set of tasks (configure, compile etc.) that will
- work for all autotooled packages. It should usually be enough to define
- a few standard variables as documented in the <link
- linkend='usingpoky-extend-addpkg-autotools'>simple autotools
- example</link> section and then simply "inherit autotools". This class
- can also work with software that emulates autotools.
+ Autotools (autoconf, automake, libtool) bring standardization.
+ This class defines a set of tasks (configure, compile etc.) that
+ work for all autotooled packages.
+ It should usually be enough to define a few standard variables as documented in the
+ <link linkend='usingpoky-extend-addpkg-autotools'>simple autotools
+ example</link> section and then simply "inherit autotools".
+ This class can also work with software that emulates autotools.
</para>
<para>
@@ -60,26 +60,29 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- 'do_configure' regenerates the configure script (using autoreconf) and
- then launches it with a standard set of arguments used during
- cross-compilation. Additional parameters can be passed to
- <command>configure</command> through the <glossterm><link
- linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link></glossterm> variable.
+ <filename>do_configure</filename> &dash; regenerates the configure script (using autoreconf)
+ and then launches it with a standard set of arguments used during
+ cross-compilation.
+ You can pass additional parameters to
+ <filename>configure</filename> through the
+ <glossterm><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link></glossterm> variable.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- 'do_compile' runs <command>make</command> with arguments specifying
- the compiler and linker. Additional arguments can be passed through
+ <filename>do_compile</filename> &dash; runs <filename>make</filename> with
+ arguments that specify the compiler and linker.
+ You can pass additional arguments through
the <glossterm><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</link>
</glossterm> variable.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- 'do_install' runs <command>make install</command> passing a DESTDIR
- option taking its value from the standard <glossterm><link
- linkend='var-DESTDIR'>DESTDIR</link></glossterm> variable.
+ <filename>do_install</filename> &dash; runs <filename>make install</filename>
+ and passes a <filename>DESTDIR</filename>
+ option, which takes its value from the standard
+ <glossterm><link linkend='var-DESTDIR'>DESTDIR</link></glossterm> variable.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>