ref-manual: Updated the do_sysroot_populate task description.

Fixes [YOCTO #10377]

Added more detail and linked it to key variables.

(From yocto-docs rev: d82c1d4e8cc95bee718388cfeced1566ce8569a0)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2016-10-05 08:47:47 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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<title><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></title> <title><filename>do_populate_sysroot</filename></title>
<para> <para>
Copies a subset of the files installed by the Stages (copies) a subset of the files installed by the
<link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link> <link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
task into the sysroot directory task into the appropriate sysroot.
<filename>${</filename><link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link><filename>}</filename> For information on how to make these files available to other
to make them available to other recipes. recipes, see the
Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build <link linkend='var-STAGING_DIR_HOST'><filename>STAGING_DIR_HOST</filename></link>
time are skipped. variable.
Skipped files include files installed into Directories that would typically not be needed by other recipes at
<filename>/etc.</filename> build time (e.g. <filename>/etc</filename>) are not copied by
For information on what files are copied, see the default.
<link linkend='ref-classes-staging'><filename>staging</filename></link> </para>
class.
<para>
For information on what directories are copied by default, see the
<link linkend='var-SYSROOT_DIRS'><filename>SYSROOT_DIRS*</filename></link>
variables.
You can change these variables inside your recipe if you need
to make additional (or fewer) directories available to other
recipes at build time.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>