From patchwork Tue Jun 24 08:16:08 2025 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: 65541 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 E4692C7EE31 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:16:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.3473.1750752977541806025 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2025 01:16:18 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=GaJN9I1Z; 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=q+VKpHVlKfixOqfouWDv6O5qXGQUK1xlde+5/zIEO6Y=; b=GaJN9I1ZJHStE4D/mnyKxtgSty otQCZSOSIC2RGASXC/hbt4dXpFhF4OhMrBnbCoR02UQeeiqawU+qdwjuLunWpb6ZgKqOxh4r+Qkc+ h+WQu2hNs6tPKaBoxSo4q+eqzgn5nQz91haHbcSC5Vc4v+uYI8KBW0Of7aLVdRb3ZDXKmmnvgqkwd 2XPmQXoNxEGTDrNQoTbmjWc+yp9Ld3zpONTzbe1v/7sTdE5Y4dhphFLsT2Crg+xLJM/4jlr1M2pX+ xcuIoBqK9/GBio3z6Yn5IxbkOXvrfsf/JLpLLjycQUSReuPQNT4A385rMFSeBeN4GYQO5xUhJ4GZz gKfoq3uA==; Received: from pool-174-114-102-5.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.102.5]:54764 helo=asus) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1uTypB-0000000Dvlo-2AYd for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:16:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:16:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH v2] dev-manual: correct statements that source is always tarballs Message-ID: <82eb83e2-a1ac-ce34-d680-7e4e50caf5a3@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 li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:16:26 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7188 Correct two occurrences that imply source is always fetched as tarballs. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.rst index a15f0a92c..a3366226c 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/efficiently-fetching-sources.rst @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Efficiently Fetching Source Files During a Build The OpenEmbedded build system works with source files located through the :term:`SRC_URI` variable. When you build something using BitBake, a big part of the operation is -locating and downloading all the source tarballs. For images, +locating and downloading all of the source code. For images, downloading all the source for various packages can take a significant amount of time. @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Setting up Effective Mirrors ============================ A good deal that goes into a Yocto Project build is simply downloading -all of the source tarballs. Maybe you have been working with another +source code. Maybe you have been working with another build system for which you have built up a sizable directory of source tarballs. Or, perhaps someone else has such a directory for which you have read access. If so, you can save time by