Bug 9968 - Suggested fleshing out of the do_populate_sysroot documentation
Summary: Suggested fleshing out of the do_populate_sysroot documentation
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Reference
Classification: Documentation
Component: handbook (show other bugs)
Version: 2.2
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Undecided enhancement
Target Milestone: 2.2 M3
Assignee: Scott Rifenbark
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Whiteboard: 18 July 2016: IN PROGRESS REVIEW
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Reported: 2016-07-18 09:52 UTC by ulfalizer
Modified: 2016-07-18 20:46 UTC (History)
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Description ulfalizer 2016-07-18 09:52:17 UTC 
The first sentence of '8.1.24 do_populate_sysroot' could be changed from

  Copies a subset of the files installed by the do_install
  task into the sysroot to make them available to other recipes.

to

  Copies a subset of the files installed by the do_install
  task into the sysroot directory ${STAGING_DIR_HOST} to make
  them available to other recipes.

to make it explicit where the sysroot is.

(staging.bbclass has 

  do_populate_sysroot[sstate-outputdirs] = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/")
Comment 1 Scott Rifenbark 2016-07-18 19:33:36 UTC 
Ulf, 

See http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.2/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#ref-tasks-populate_sysroot and let me know.

Thanks, 
Scott
Comment 2 ulfalizer 2016-07-18 19:38:34 UTC 
${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ought to be linkified as well.

Cheers,
Ulf
Comment 3 Scott Rifenbark 2016-07-18 20:46:32 UTC 
I like that word - "linkified"  


Done. 

http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.2/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#ref-tasks-populate_sysroot

Closing the bug out. 

Again - thanks for the effort Ulf!

Scott