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Document this behavior. [YOCTO #15641] Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard --- doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) --- base-commit: c687d42b81b17e7a2399099cab0f1a6aafcf6520 change-id: 20260610-bb-console-log-persistent-c91ce341f898 diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst index 9824b58ef27..f3e1a3a38c9 100644 --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst @@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ overview of their function and contents. Specifies the path to a log file into which BitBake's user interface writes output during the build. + This variable's value remains persistent during the entire execution of + the BitBake server. Changes to this variable will only take effect + after a server restart, which can be accomplished with the ``bitbake + --kill-server`` command. + + .. note:: + + For more details on how to make the BitBake server persistent, see the + :term:`BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT` variable. + :term:`BB_CURRENTTASK` Contains the name of the currently running task. The name does not include the ``do_`` prefix.