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[v3,4/5] dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst: mention the Source Directory

Message ID 20260123-terms-refresh-v3-4-41c35f0a6a13@bootlin.com
State New
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Series Redefine terms now that the Poky repository is obsolete | expand

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Antonin Godard Jan. 23, 2026, 2:58 p.m. UTC 
After switching to the new definition of "Source Directory", i.e. the
base directory for your project (which used to be poky), mention it in
this document on manually setting up the layers for a project. As stated
in terms.rst, use "project" for the directory name.

Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst
index bcda9d7e7..4bc9b97b6 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/poky-manual-setup.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,16 @@  release or a Long Term Support release.
 
 Once you complete the setup instructions for your machine (see the
 :doc:`/ref-manual/system-requirements` section of the Yocto Project Reference
-Manual), you need to get a copy of the different :term:`layers <Layer>` needed
+Manual), create a :term:`Source Directory`: the base directory for your project.
+Throughout the documentation, we will use ``bitbake-builds`` as the name of the
+:term:`Source Directory`. Here's how to create it:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   $ mkdir bitbake-builds
+   $ cd bitbake-builds
+
+You need to get a copy of the different :term:`layers <Layer>` needed
 to setup the :term:`Poky` reference distribution on your build host. Use the
 following commands: