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| author | Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com> | 2010-06-08 17:53:25 +0100 |
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| committer | Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com> | 2010-06-08 17:53:25 +0100 |
| commit | fcd220b4fd254f45305fb65512e53d0371dc466c (patch) | |
| tree | f78e4e8ff10debe8a5651c32b1348fe57e76f691 /handbook/ref-variables.xml | |
| parent | 49df0b84fa434e7eb40dc8c4942d6df1495c4892 (diff) | |
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handbook: document the LAYERDIR variable
LAYERDIR is one of the few variables which requires immediate expansion and is
worth documenting explicitly.
Signed-off-by: Joshua Lock <josh@linux.intel.com>
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diff --git a/handbook/ref-variables.xml b/handbook/ref-variables.xml index 7bbcdb81f..e4523bfdc 100644 --- a/handbook/ref-variables.xml +++ b/handbook/ref-variables.xml @@ -403,6 +403,15 @@ <glossdiv id='var-glossary-l'><title>L</title> + <glossentry id='var-LAYERDIR'><glossterm>LAYERDIR</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>When used inside a layer.conf gives the path of the + current layer. This variable requires immediate expansion + (see the Bitbake manual) as lazy expansion can result in + the expansion happening in the wrong directory and therefore + giving the wrong value.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> <glossentry id='var-LICENSE'><glossterm>LICENSE</glossterm> <glossdef> <para>List of package source licenses.</para> |