diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
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--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -514,27 +514,40 @@
The TOPDIR
variable points to the Build Directory.
- You have a lot of flexibility when creating the Build Directory.
- Following are some examples that show how to create the directory:
+
+ You have a lot of flexibility when creating the Build
+ Directory.
+ Following are some examples that show how to create the
+ directory.
+ The examples assume your
+ Source Directory is
+ named poky:
- Create the Build Directory in your current working directory
- and name it build.
- This is the default behavior.
+ Create the Build Directory inside your
+ Source Directory and let the name of the Build
+ Directory default to build:
- $ source &OE_INIT_PATH;
+ $ cd $HOME/poky
+ $ source &OE_INIT_FILE;
- Provide a directory path and specifically name the build
- directory.
- This next example creates a Build Directory named YP-&POKYVERSION;
- in your home directory within the directory mybuilds.
- If mybuilds does not exist, the directory is created for you:
+ Create the Build Directory inside your
+ home directory and specifically name it
+ test-builds:
- $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; $HOME/mybuilds/YP-&POKYVERSION;
+ $ cd $HOME
+ $ source poky/&OE_INIT_FILE; test-builds
- Provide an existing directory to use as the Build Directory
- and use the default build name.
+ Provide a directory path and
+ specifically name the build directory.
+ Any intermediate folders in the pathname must
+ exist.
+ This next example creates a Build Directory named
+ YP-&POKYVERSION;
+ in your home directory within the existing
+ directory mybuilds:
- $ source &OE_INIT_PATH; $HOME/mybuilds/
+ $cd $HOME
+ $ source $HOME/poky/&OE_INIT_FILE; $HOME/mybuilds/YP-&POKYVERSION;