ref-manual: New BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS variable.
Fixes [YOCTO #5035] Added a new glossary entry for BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS and updated the DL_DIR entry to note the ability to get these tarballs into DL_DIR. Cross-referenced the new variable from DL_DIR as well. (From yocto-docs rev: 361000877f2a13b13154e437a6c28839fa58cd5e) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><glossterm>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>
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Causes tarballs of the Git repositories to be placed in the
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<link linkend='var-DL_DIR'><filename>DL_DIR</filename></link>
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directory.
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For performance reasons, creating and placing tarballs of
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the Git repositories is not the default action by the
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OpenEmbedded build system.
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</para>
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</glossdef>
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</glossentry>
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<glossentry id='var-BB_NUMBER_THREADS'><glossterm>BB_NUMBER_THREADS</glossterm>
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<glossdef>
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<para>The maximum number of tasks BitBake should run in parallel at any one time.
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<filename>DL_DIR</filename> and the build system looks there
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first to find source tarballs.
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<note>
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When wiping and rebuilding, you can preserve this
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directory to speed up this part of subsequent builds.
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<para>
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When wiping and rebuilding, you can preserve this
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directory to speed up this part of subsequent
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builds.
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</para>
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<para>
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Also, by default, the <filename>DL_DIR</filename>
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does not contain tarballs of Git directories.
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However, you can instruct the build process to save
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these tarballs to the directory by using the
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<link linkend='var-BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS'><filename>BB_GENERATE_MIRROR_TARBALLS</filename></link>
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variable.
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</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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