<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra">The build dir will definitely be created by the script(s) (assuming permissions). The default build dir will be created under the level of the script as 'build', but you can specify any path.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">As you point this out I see the sentence:<br><br>The <a href="http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/1.6/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-TOPDIR" target="_blank"><code>TOPDIR</code></a>
variable points to the Build Directory.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">can be ambiguous. TOPDIR is not well defined. Maybe it should be called BUILD_DIR and defined somewhere in local.conf as a default commented out like DL_DIR and TMPDIR in addition to the ability to specify BUILD_DIR on the command line. <br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Michael Gloff<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 4:09 AM, Robert P. J. Day <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rpjday@crashcourse.ca" target="_blank">rpjday@crashcourse.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-terms" target="_blank">http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#yocto-project-terms</a><br>
<br>
explanation of "Build Directory", one reads (start quote):<br>
<br>
Provide a directory path and specifically name the build directory.<br>
This next example creates a Build Directory named YP-11.0.0 in your<br>
home directory within the directory mybuilds. If mybuilds does not<br>
exist, the directory is created for you:<br>
<br>
$ source poky-tbd-11.0.0/oe-init-build-env $HOME/mybuilds/YP-11.0.0<br>
<br>
Provide an existing directory to use as the Build Directory and use<br>
the default build name.<br>
<br>
$ source poky-tbd-11.0.0/oe-init-build-env $HOME/mybuilds/<br>
<br>
=== end quote ===<br>
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i don't think either of those is correct, are they? pretty sure that<br>
oe-init-build-env *doesn't* create intermediate directories and, in<br>
that second example, wouldn't that just use ~/mybuilds as the build<br>
directory? i don't foresee a default build name subdirectory being<br>
created there. or am i just confused?<br>
<br>
rday<br>
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