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author | Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com> | 2024-03-18 16:02:09 +0100 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2024-03-19 15:22:27 +0000 |
commit | 27e72a5f13ab8c9d09f9e88a95bf3316a937045f (patch) | |
tree | c4fce1bebff47475a73448d3a233e8e24674f44b /documentation/dev-manual/building.rst | |
parent | bc06390947e560bbd999fc09b789cee93a324c7d (diff) | |
download | poky-27e72a5f13ab8c9d09f9e88a95bf3316a937045f.tar.gz |
dev-manual: improve descriptions of 'bitbake -S printdiff'
Try to particularly emphasize that it can be used to find
out why something rebuilds when it shouldn't.
(From yocto-docs rev: cfaf2707b4a77888316d5eb24bf41ccc21e2c12b)
Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/dev-manual/building.rst')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/building.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/building.rst index 7fcac33b75..fe502690dd 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/building.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/building.rst | |||
@@ -775,10 +775,9 @@ your tunings to best consider build times and package feed maintenance. | |||
775 | in the script for information on how to use the tool. | 775 | in the script for information on how to use the tool. |
776 | 776 | ||
777 | - *BitBake's "-S printdiff" Option:* Using this option causes | 777 | - *BitBake's "-S printdiff" Option:* Using this option causes |
778 | BitBake to try to establish the closest signature match it can | 778 | BitBake to try to establish the most recent signature match |
779 | (e.g. in the shared state cache) and then run ``bitbake-diffsigs`` | 779 | (e.g. in the shared state cache) and then compare matched signatures |
780 | over the matches to determine the stamps and delta where these two | 780 | to determine the stamps and delta where these two stamp trees diverge. |
781 | stamp trees diverge. | ||
782 | 781 | ||
783 | Building Software from an External Source | 782 | Building Software from an External Source |
784 | ========================================= | 783 | ========================================= |