[bitbake-devel] should list of "Variable Flags" include "fakeroot"?

[Christopher Larson]

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>
wrote:

>   user manual, "3.6 Variable Flags" includes "fakeroot" as one of the
> numerous flags, but that section claims that all of those flags can be
> set using the standard variable syntax. but IIRC, fakeroot is set as
> an *attribute* on tasks these days, as in:
>
>   fakeroot tar_sdk() {
>
> so how should that entry be worded/reworded? unless i'm misreading
> something.
>

It likely shouldn't be mentioned as a flag. The fact that it's a flag
internally is a bitbake implementation detail that likely isn't something
they need to be aware of, in my personal opinion, anyway.
-- 
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
Maintainer - Tslib
Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
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