[oe-commits] [bitbake] 03/05: bitbake-user-manual: Updated the [noexec] and [nostamp] flag descriptions
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commit b6a4a6147b9e455cc1fec37553fb577f187a2d73
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark at gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Oct 10 12:49:06 2016 -0700
bitbake-user-manual: Updated the [noexec] and [nostamp] flag descriptions
Fixes [YOCTO #10401]
Added some wording to clarify that setting these flags to "1"
causes the desired action. Also, provided a cautionary note
about tasks depending on any [nostamp] task causes the task
to always be executed and could cause unnecessary rebuild time.
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark at gmail.com>
---
.../bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index e1b2f2d..fac54d3 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -1833,14 +1833,23 @@
exclusion.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>[noexec]</filename>:</emphasis>
- Marks the tasks as being empty and no execution required.
- The <filename>[noexec]</filename> flag can be used to set up
+ When set to "1", marks the task as being empty, with
+ no execution required.
+ You can use the <filename>[noexec]</filename> flag to set up
tasks as dependency placeholders, or to disable tasks defined
elsewhere that are not needed in a particular recipe.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>[nostamp]</filename>:</emphasis>
- Tells BitBake to not generate a stamp file for a task,
- which implies the task should always be executed.
+ When set to "1", tells BitBake to not generate a stamp
+ file for a task, which implies the task should always
+ be executed.
+ <note><title>Caution</title>
+ Any task that depends (possibly indirectly) on a
+ <filename>[nostamp]</filename> task will always be
+ executed as well.
+ This can cause unnecessary rebuilding if you are
+ not careful.
+ </note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>[postfuncs]</filename>:</emphasis>
List of functions to call after the completion of the task.
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