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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml index 79e9dfbf9c..2d2e3f6eac 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/usingpoky.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <para> This section gives an overview of the components that make up Poky - following by information about running poky builds and dealing with any + followed by information about running poky builds and dealing with any problems that may arise. </para> @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ <title>Poky Overview</title> <para> - The bitbake task executor together with various types of configuration files form the core of Poky. - This section overviews the bitbake task executor and the + The BitBake task executor together with various types of configuration files form the core of Poky. + This section overviews the BitBake task executor and the configuration files by describing what they are used for and they they interact. </para> @@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ <para> Bitbake is the tool at the heart of Poky and is responsible for parsing the metadata, generating a list of tasks from it - and then executing them. To see a list of the options bitbake + and then executing them. To see a list of the options BitBake supports look at 'bitbake --help'. </para> <para> - The most common usage for bitbake is <filename>bitbake <packagename></filename>, where + The most common usage for BitBake is <filename>bitbake <packagename></filename>, where packagename is the name of the package you want to build (referred to as the 'target' in this manual). The target often equates to the first part of a <filename>.bb</filename> filename. @@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ </literallayout> Several different versions of <filename>matchbox-desktop</filename> might exist. Bitbake chooses the one selected by the distribution configuration. - You can get more details about how bitbake chooses between different versions + You can get more details about how BitBake chooses between different versions and providers in the <link linkend='ref-bitbake-providers'> 'Preferences and Providers'</link> section. </para> <para> Bitbake also tries to execute any dependent tasks first. - So for example, before building <filename>matchbox-desktop</filename> bitbake + So for example, before building <filename>matchbox-desktop</filename> BitBake would build a cross compiler and glibc if they had not already been built. </para> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ <para>The log file for shell tasks is available in <filename>${WORKDIR}/temp/log.do_taskname.pid</filename>. For example, the "compile" task of busybox 1.01 on the ARM spitz machine might be <filename>tmp/work/armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi/busybox-1.01/temp/log.do_compile.1234</filename>. - To see what bitbake runs to generate that log, look at the corresponding + To see what BitBake runs to generate that log, look at the corresponding <filename>run.do_taskname.pid </filename> file located in the same directory. </para> @@ -214,10 +214,10 @@ In most cases the series is: fetch, unpack, patch, configure, compile, install, package, package_write and build. The default task is "build" and any tasks on which it depends build first - hence, - the standard bitbake behaviour. + the standard BitBake behaviour. Some tasks exist, such as devshell, that are not part of the default build chain. If you wish to run a task that is not part of the default build chain you can use the - "-c" option in bitbake as follows: + "-c" option in BitBake as follows: <literallayout class='monospaced'> $ bitbake matchbox-desktop -c devshell </literallayout> @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ <title>Dependency Graphs</title> <para> - Sometimes it can be hard to see why bitbake wants to build some other packages before a given + Sometimes it can be hard to see why BitBake wants to build some other packages before a given package you've specified. The <filename>bitbake -g targetname</filename> command creates the <filename>depends.dot</filename> and <filename>task-depends.dot</filename> files in the current directory. @@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ <title>General Bitbake Problems</title> <para> - You can see debug output from bitbake by using the "-D" option. - The debug output gives more information about what bitbake + You can see debug output from BitBake by using the "-D" option. + The debug output gives more information about what BitBake is doing and the reason behind it. Each "-D" option you use increases the logging level. The most common usage is <filename>-DDD</filename>. @@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ <para> The output from <filename>bitbake -DDD -v targetname</filename> can reveal why - bitbake chose a certain version of a package or why bitbake + BitBake chose a certain version of a package or why BitBake picked a certain provider. - This command could also help you in a situation where you think bitbake did something + This command could also help you in a situation where you think BitBake did something unexpected. </para> </section> @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ the command form <filename>bitbake -b somepath/somefile.bb</filename>. This command form does not check for dependencies so you should use it only when you know its dependencies already exist. - You can also specify fragments of the filename and bitbake checks for a unique match. + You can also specify fragments of the filename and BitBake checks for a unique match. </para> </section> |