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Update the default value. Signed-off-by: Adam Blank --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index e11294c6b..7d3aa8ccf 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -7493,19 +7493,17 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated during the packaging process. During the packaging process, the :ref:`ref-tasks-packagedata` task packages data - for each recipe and installs it into this temporary, shared area. + for each recipe and installs it into this shared area. This directory defaults to the following, which you should not change:: - ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/pkgdata + ${TMPDIR}/pkgdata/${MACHINE} For examples of how this data is used, see the ":ref:`overview-manual/concepts:automatically added runtime dependencies`" section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual and the ":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing package information with ``oe-pkgdata-util```" - section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. For more - information on the shared, global-state directory, see - :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`. + section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. :term:`PKGDEST` Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they