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diff --git a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml index ed6c8bc15b..6221a963d8 100644 --- a/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml +++ b/documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-bitbake.xml @@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ <appendix id='ref-bitbake'> - <title>Reference: Bitbake</title> + <title>Reference: BitBake</title> <para> - Bitbake is a program written in Python that interprets the metadata + BitBake is a program written in Python that interprets the metadata that makes up Poky. At some point, people wonder what actually happens when you type <command>bitbake poky-image-sato</command>. This section aims to give an overview of what happens behind the scenes from a @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ </para> <para> - It is worth noting that bitbake aims to be a generic "task" executor + It is worth noting that BitBake aims to be a generic "task" executor capable of handling complex dependency relationships. As such it has no real knowledge of what the tasks it is executing actually do. It just considers a list of tasks with dependencies and handles metadata @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ <para> The first thing BitBake does is work out its configuration by looking for a file called <filename>bitbake.conf</filename>. - Bitbake searches through the <varname>BBPATH</varname> environment + BitBake searches through the <varname>BBPATH</varname> environment variable looking for a <filename class="directory">conf/</filename> directory containing a <filename>bitbake.conf</filename> file and adds the first <filename>bitbake.conf</filename> file found in @@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ <filename class="directory">meta-extras/</filename> can be included too. Adding extra content to <glossterm><link linkend='var-BBFILES'>BBFILES</link></glossterm> is best - acheived through the use of Bitbake + acheived through the use of BitBake <link linkend='usingpoky-changes-layers'>"layers"</link>. </para> <para> - Bitbake parses each <filename class="extension">.bb</filename> file in + BitBake parses each <filename class="extension">.bb</filename> file in <glossterm><link linkend='var-BBFILES'>BBFILES</link></glossterm> and stores the values of various variables. In summary, for each <filename class="extension">.bb</filename> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ <para> Understanding how providers are chosen is complicated by the fact - multiple versions might be present. Bitbake defaults to the highest + multiple versions might be present. BitBake defaults to the highest version of a provider by default. Version comparisons are made using the same method as Debian. The <glossterm><link linkend='var-PREFERRED_VERSION'>PREFERRED_VERSION</link></glossterm> @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ Options: <para> As well as the containing the parsing and task/dependency handling - code, bitbake also contains a set of "fetcher" modules which allow + code, BitBake also contains a set of "fetcher" modules which allow fetching of source code from various types of sources. Example sources might be from disk with the metadata, from websites, from remote shell accounts or from SCM systems like cvs/subversion/git. |