From patchwork Wed Jun 3 15:48:37 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 89265 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41055CD6E57 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2026 15:49:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.23372.1780501734360347212 for ; Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:48:54 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=NvAZqImn; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=YaU+5EMrFWU+vIn9+nkeSUU+cKdy06WvpLNlZV3OrP8=; b=NvAZqImnZbNw5M9ow1cu9QWhEO 35tHbZXqGs9sPgFaWzoBf4KTd0XngAwvSjAs17ChsFQunloBgMmMttTEzfp3lb9Q/YwNrxyfiC/EH DSSb5a/ChBfZAFl6tEaUDD+Lzo1v5XRcZx0uWtEGJab9Lld0h9tpuuuLUzrAXqrbu6ahTksPsmHgM 2GwkLdu+11DMUPZTVb16yK4yzPUeIpUcfeZNY58zkgHdZgn6B0U5IO4l3QFVo21sv0ejiwByJ2N4H Oq4OA0Tm7rN7CG7dsBUepRLuU1VQkgfoAoQMpp6rm02f3VQDKnYNqXfxFuehwKJjAXof6cnYoI7Fk +u4lGJ0Q==; Received: from [147.129.179.166] (port=41842 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1wUnpo-00000008wwt-1iv9 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:48:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 11:48:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] overview-manual: correct that "conf" is a subdir of build dir Message-ID: <153ac3ae-f1da-cbb5-c476-b96a35960307@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:49:01 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9566 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 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 `: 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 `, 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 ` are created only if they do not already exist in the :term:`Build