diff --git a/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst b/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst index 91f94a5c7..d581155eb 100644 --- a/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst +++ b/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst @@ -91,13 +91,21 @@ run:: oe-selftest -r reproducible.ReproducibleTests.test_reproducible_builds -This defaults to including a ``world`` build so, if other layers are added, it would -also run the tests for recipes in the additional layers. Different build targets -can be defined using the :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_TARGET` variable in ``local.conf``. -The first build will be run using :ref:`Shared State ` if -available, the second build explicitly disables -:ref:`Shared State ` except for recipes defined in -the :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_SSTATE_TARGETS` variable, and builds on the +This defaults to including a ``world`` build so, if other layers are added, it +would also run the tests for recipes in the additional layers. Different build +targets can be defined using the :term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_TARGET` variable +in ``local.conf``. For example, running reproducibility tests for only the +``python3-numpy`` recipe can be done by setting:: + + OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_TARGET = "python3-numpy" + +in local.conf before running the ``oe-selftest`` command shown above. + +Reproducibility builds the target list twice. The first build will be run using +:ref:`Shared State ` if available, the +second build explicitly disables :ref:`Shared State +` except for recipes defined in the +:term:`OEQA_REPRODUCIBLE_TEST_SSTATE_TARGETS` variable, and builds on the specific host the build is running on. This means we can test reproducibility builds between different host distributions over time on the Autobuilder.