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overview-manual: correct that "conf" is a subdir of build dir

Message ID 153ac3ae-f1da-cbb5-c476-b96a35960307@crashcourse.ca
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Robert P. J. Day June 3, 2026, 3:48 p.m. UTC
The statement that build/conf is a directory of the build directory is
incorrect since, in this context, build *is* the build directory. So
correct that and use the term "subdirectory" to make it even more
clear.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

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diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
index ec5babe4c..c19138e18 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@  figure <overview-manual/concepts:openembedded build system concepts>`:

 BitBake needs some basic configuration files in order to complete a
 build. These files are ``*.conf`` files. The minimally necessary ones
-reside as example files in the ``build/conf`` directory of the
+reside as example files in the ``conf`` subdirectory of the
 :term:`Build Directory`.

 When you :ref:`initialize the build environment <dev-manual/start:Initializing
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@  the Build Environment>`, you can specify which directory will be the

 Setting up the build environment creates a :term:`Build Directory`
 if one does not already exist. BitBake uses the :term:`Build Directory`
-for all its work during builds. The Build Directory has a ``conf`` directory
+for all its work during builds. The Build Directory has a ``conf`` subdirectory
 that contains default versions of your ``local.conf`` and ``bblayers.conf``
 configuration files. These default :term:`configuration files <Configuration
 File>` are created only if they do not already exist in the :term:`Build