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authorAndrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com>2020-09-18 22:11:35 +0300
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bitbake: server/process: Move the socket code to server process only bitbake: main/server/process: Drop configuration object passing bitbake: cooker: Ensure BB_ORIGENV is updated by changes to configuration.env bitbake: server/process: Log extra threads at exit bitbake: server/process: Add bitbake-server and exec() a new server process bitbake: runqueue: Don't use sys.argv bitbake: cooker: Ensure cooker's enviroment is updated on updateConfig connman-gnome/matchbox-desktop: Remove file:// globbing selftest/recipetool: Drop globbing SRC_URI test, no longer supported local.conf.sample: Document memory resident bitbake bitbake: fetch2: Drop globbing supprt in file:// SRC_URIs bitbake: server/process: Use sys.executable for bitbake-server bitbake: process: Avoid bb.utils.timeout bitbake: utils: Drop broken timeout function bitbake: server/process: Fix typo in code causing tracebacks oeqa/selftest: Apply patch to fix cpio build with -fno-common runqemu: Show an error for conflicting 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when commands complete in logs bitbake: cooker: Ensure parser is cleaned up runqemu: Add a hook to allow it to renice bitbake: cooker: Avoid parser deadlocks bitbake: cooker: Ensure parser worker signal handlers are default selftest/signing: Ensure build path relocation is safe oeqa/concurrencytest: Improve builddir path manipulations bitbake: cooker/command: Fix disconnection handling bitbake: tinfoil: Ensure sockets don't leak even when exceptions occur bitbake: tests/fetch: Move away from problematic freedesktop.org urls bitbake: sphinx: Enhance the sphinx experience/nagivation with: bitbake: sphinx: theme_override: Use bold for emphasis text Revert "qemu: always define unknown_lock_type" Revert "core-image-sato: qemumips use 512 mem" sphinx: Organize top level docs sphinx: releases.rst: Add index/links to docs for previous releases sphinx: boilerplate.rst: Drop versions notes as we have better navigation now sphinx: boilerplate.rst: Sphinx puts the copyright elsewhere sphinx: history: Move revision history to its own section sphinx: manuals: Move boilerplate after toctree sphinx: Add support for multiple docs version sphinx: index.rst: Fix links sphinx: ref-system-requirements: Improve formatting of the notes sections, merging them sphinx: ref-manual links fixes and many other cleanups to import sphinx: dev-manual: Various URL, code block and other fixes to imported data sphinx: sdk-manual: Various URL, code block and other fixes to imported data sphinx: kernel-dev: Various URL, code block and other fixes to imported data sphinx: theme_override: Use bold for emphasis text sphinx: ref-tasks: Add populate_sdk_ext task definition sphinx: ref-manual/migration: Split each release into its own file sphinx: overview-manual: Various URL, code block and other fixes to imported data build-appliance-image: Update to master head revision Robert Yang (3): bitbake: cooker.py: Save prioritized BBFILES to BBFILES_PRIORITIZED bitbake: utils.py: get_file_layer(): Exit the loop when file is matched bitbake: utils.py: get_file_layer(): Improve performance Ross Burton (25): package.bbclass: explode the RPROVIDES so we don't think the versions are provides elfutils: silence a new QA warning insane: improve gnu-hash-style warning gdk-pixbuf: add tests PACKAGECONFIG debianutils: change SRC_URI to use snapshot.debian.org insane: only load real files as ELF autoconf: consolidate SRC_URI autoconf: consolidate DEPENDS kea: no need to depend on kea-native kea: don't use PACKAGECONFIG inappropriately kea: bump to 1.7.10 help2man: rewrite recipe local.conf.sample.extended: remove help2man reference curl: add vendors to CVE_PRODUCT to exclude false positives harfbuzz: update patch status harfbuzz: fix a build race around hb-version.h cmake: whitelist CVE-2016-10642 ncurses: remove config.cache qemu: fix CVE-2020-14364 cve-update-db-native: remove unused import cve-update-db-native: add more logging when fetching cve-update-db-native: use fetch task alsa-plugins: improve .la removal sato-screenshot: improve .la removal buildhistory-diff: use BUILDDIR to know where buildhistory is Saul Wold (1): gnupg: uprev 2.2.22 -> 2.2.23 Stacy Gaikovaia (2): bison: uprev from 3.7.1 to 3.7.2 valgrind: fix memcheck vgtests remove fullpath-after flags Steve Sakoman (1): xinput-calibrator: change SRC_URI to branch with libinput support Sumit Garg (1): insane: fix gnu-hash-style check TeohJayShen (1): oeqa/runtime: add test for matchbox-terminal Tim Orling (1): sphinx: toaster-manual: fix vars, links, code blocks Vijai Kumar K (2): image_types_wic: Add ASSUME_PROVIDED to WICVARS wic: misc: Add /bin to the list of searchpaths Yanfei Xu (1): kernel-yocto: only replace leading -I in include paths Yi Zhao (1): glib-networking: add ptest Zhixiong Chi (1): gnutls: CVE-2020-24659 akuster (8): log4cplus: move meta-oe pkg to core kea: Move from meta-networking maintainers.inc: Add me as kea & log4plus maintainer. dhcpcd: Move from meta-network as OE-Core needs a client maintainers.inc: Add me as dhcpcd maintainer dhcp: remove from core bind: Add 9.16.x bind: 9.11 remove hongxu (1): sysstat: fix installed-vs-shipped QA Issue in systemd zangrc (4): libcap:upgrade 2.42 -> 2.43 libcap-ng:upgrade 0.7.10 -> 0.7.11 libgpg-error:upgrade 1.38 -> 1.39 at-spi2-core:upgrade 2.36.0 -> 2.36.1 Signed-off-by: Andrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com> Change-Id: I5542f5eea751a2641342e945725fd687cd74bebe
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-2.0-UK
+
+**************************
+Source Directory Structure
+**************************
+
+The :term:`Source Directory` consists of numerous files,
+directories and subdirectories; understanding their locations and
+contents is key to using the Yocto Project effectively. This chapter
+describes the Source Directory and gives information about those files
+and directories.
+
+For information on how to establish a local Source Directory on your
+development system, see the
+":ref:`dev-manual/dev-manual-start:locating yocto project source files`"
+section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The OpenEmbedded build system does not support file or directory
+ names that contain spaces. Be sure that the Source Directory you use
+ does not contain these types of names.
+
+.. _structure-core:
+
+Top-Level Core Components
+=========================
+
+This section describes the top-level components of the :term:`Source Directory`.
+
+.. _structure-core-bitbake:
+
+``bitbake/``
+------------
+
+This directory includes a copy of BitBake for ease of use. The copy
+usually matches the current stable BitBake release from the BitBake
+project. BitBake, a :term:`Metadata` interpreter, reads the
+Yocto Project Metadata and runs the tasks defined by that data. Failures
+are usually caused by errors in your Metadata and not from BitBake
+itself; consequently, most users do not need to worry about BitBake.
+
+When you run the ``bitbake`` command, the main BitBake executable (which
+resides in the ``bitbake/bin/`` directory) starts. Sourcing the
+environment setup script (i.e. :ref:`structure-core-script`) places
+the ``scripts/`` and ``bitbake/bin/`` directories (in that order) into
+the shell's ``PATH`` environment variable.
+
+For more information on BitBake, see the :doc:`BitBake User Manual
+<bitbake:index>`.
+
+.. _structure-core-build:
+
+``build/``
+----------
+
+This directory contains user configuration files and the output
+generated by the OpenEmbedded build system in its standard configuration
+where the source tree is combined with the output. The :term:`Build Directory`
+is created initially when you ``source``
+the OpenEmbedded build environment setup script (i.e.
+:ref:`structure-core-script`).
+
+It is also possible to place output and configuration files in a
+directory separate from the :term:`Source Directory` by
+providing a directory name when you ``source`` the setup script. For
+information on separating output from your local Source Directory files
+(commonly described as an "out of tree" build), see the
+":ref:`structure-core-script`" section.
+
+.. _handbook:
+
+``documentation/``
+------------------
+
+This directory holds the source for the Yocto Project documentation as
+well as templates and tools that allow you to generate PDF and HTML
+versions of the manuals. Each manual is contained in its own sub-folder;
+for example, the files for this reference manual reside in the
+``ref-manual/`` directory.
+
+.. _structure-core-meta:
+
+``meta/``
+---------
+
+This directory contains the minimal, underlying OpenEmbedded-Core
+metadata. The directory holds recipes, common classes, and machine
+configuration for strictly emulated targets (``qemux86``, ``qemuarm``,
+and so forth.)
+
+.. _structure-core-meta-poky:
+
+``meta-poky/``
+--------------
+
+Designed above the ``meta/`` content, this directory adds just enough
+metadata to define the Poky reference distribution.
+
+.. _structure-core-meta-yocto-bsp:
+
+``meta-yocto-bsp/``
+-------------------
+
+This directory contains the Yocto Project reference hardware Board
+Support Packages (BSPs). For more information on BSPs, see the
+:doc:`../bsp-guide/bsp-guide`.
+
+.. _structure-meta-selftest:
+
+``meta-selftest/``
+------------------
+
+This directory adds additional recipes and append files used by the
+OpenEmbedded selftests to verify the behavior of the build system. You
+do not have to add this layer to your ``bblayers.conf`` file unless you
+want to run the selftests.
+
+.. _structure-meta-skeleton:
+
+``meta-skeleton/``
+------------------
+
+This directory contains template recipes for BSP and kernel development.
+
+.. _structure-core-scripts:
+
+``scripts/``
+------------
+
+This directory contains various integration scripts that implement extra
+functionality in the Yocto Project environment (e.g. QEMU scripts). The
+:ref:`structure-core-script` script prepends this directory to the
+shell's ``PATH`` environment variable.
+
+The ``scripts`` directory has useful scripts that assist in contributing
+back to the Yocto Project, such as ``create-pull-request`` and
+``send-pull-request``.
+
+.. _structure-core-script:
+
+``oe-init-build-env``
+---------------------
+
+This script sets up the OpenEmbedded build environment. Running this
+script with the ``source`` command in a shell makes changes to ``PATH``
+and sets other core BitBake variables based on the current working
+directory. You need to run an environment setup script before running
+BitBake commands. The script uses other scripts within the ``scripts``
+directory to do the bulk of the work.
+
+When you run this script, your Yocto Project environment is set up, a
+:term:`Build Directory` is created, your working
+directory becomes the Build Directory, and you are presented with some
+simple suggestions as to what to do next, including a list of some
+possible targets to build. Here is an example:
+::
+
+ $ source oe-init-build-env
+
+ ### Shell environment set up for builds. ###
+
+ You can now run 'bitbake <target>'
+
+ Common targets are:
+ core-image-minimal
+ core-image-sato
+ meta-toolchain
+ meta-ide-support
+
+ You can also run generated qemu images with a command like 'runqemu qemux86-64'
+
+The default output of the ``oe-init-build-env`` script is from the
+``conf-notes.txt`` file, which is found in the ``meta-poky`` directory
+within the :term:`Source Directory`. If you design a
+custom distribution, you can include your own version of this
+configuration file to mention the targets defined by your distribution.
+See the
+":ref:`dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:creating a custom template configuration directory`"
+section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more
+information.
+
+By default, running this script without a Build Directory argument
+creates the ``build/`` directory in your current working directory. If
+you provide a Build Directory argument when you ``source`` the script,
+you direct the OpenEmbedded build system to create a Build Directory of
+your choice. For example, the following command creates a Build
+Directory named ``mybuilds/`` that is outside of the :term:`Source Directory`:
+::
+
+ $ source OE_INIT_FILE ~/mybuilds
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system uses the template configuration files, which
+are found by default in the ``meta-poky/conf/`` directory in the Source
+Directory. See the
+":ref:`dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:creating a custom template configuration directory`"
+section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more
+information.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The OpenEmbedded build system does not support file or directory
+ names that contain spaces. If you attempt to run the
+ OE_INIT_FILE
+ script from a Source Directory that contains spaces in either the
+ filenames or directory names, the script returns an error indicating
+ no such file or directory. Be sure to use a Source Directory free of
+ names containing spaces.
+
+.. _structure-basic-top-level:
+
+``LICENSE, README, and README.hardware``
+----------------------------------------
+
+These files are standard top-level files.
+
+.. _structure-build:
+
+The Build Directory - ``build/``
+================================
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system creates the :term:`Build Directory`
+when you run the build environment setup
+script :ref:`structure-core-script`. If you do not give the Build
+Directory a specific name when you run the setup script, the name
+defaults to ``build/``.
+
+For subsequent parsing and processing, the name of the Build directory
+is available via the :term:`TOPDIR` variable.
+
+.. _structure-build-buildhistory:
+
+``build/buildhistory/``
+-----------------------
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system creates this directory when you enable
+build history via the ``buildhistory`` class file. The directory
+organizes build information into image, packages, and SDK
+subdirectories. For information on the build history feature, see the
+":ref:`dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:maintaining build output quality`"
+section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+
+.. _structure-build-conf-local.conf:
+
+``build/conf/local.conf``
+-------------------------
+
+This configuration file contains all the local user configurations for
+your build environment. The ``local.conf`` file contains documentation
+on the various configuration options. Any variable set here overrides
+any variable set elsewhere within the environment unless that variable
+is hard-coded within a file (e.g. by using '=' instead of '?='). Some
+variables are hard-coded for various reasons but such variables are
+relatively rare.
+
+At a minimum, you would normally edit this file to select the target
+``MACHINE``, which package types you wish to use
+(:term:`PACKAGE_CLASSES`), and the location from
+which you want to access downloaded files (``DL_DIR``).
+
+If ``local.conf`` is not present when you start the build, the
+OpenEmbedded build system creates it from ``local.conf.sample`` when you
+``source`` the top-level build environment setup script
+:ref:`structure-core-script`.
+
+The source ``local.conf.sample`` file used depends on the
+``$TEMPLATECONF`` script variable, which defaults to ``meta-poky/conf/``
+when you are building from the Yocto Project development environment,
+and to ``meta/conf/`` when you are building from the OpenEmbedded-Core
+environment. Because the script variable points to the source of the
+``local.conf.sample`` file, this implies that you can configure your
+build environment from any layer by setting the variable in the
+top-level build environment setup script as follows:
+::
+
+ TEMPLATECONF=your_layer/conf
+
+Once the build process gets the sample
+file, it uses ``sed`` to substitute final
+``${``\ :term:`OEROOT`\ ``}`` values for all
+``##OEROOT##`` values.
+
+.. note::
+
+ You can see how the
+ TEMPLATECONF
+ variable is used by looking at the
+ scripts/oe-setup-builddir
+ script in the
+ Source Directory
+ . You can find the Yocto Project version of the
+ local.conf.sample
+ file in the
+ meta-poky/conf
+ directory.
+
+.. _structure-build-conf-bblayers.conf:
+
+``build/conf/bblayers.conf``
+----------------------------
+
+This configuration file defines
+:ref:`layers <dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:understanding and creating layers>`,
+which are directory trees, traversed (or walked) by BitBake. The
+``bblayers.conf`` file uses the :term:`BBLAYERS`
+variable to list the layers BitBake tries to find.
+
+If ``bblayers.conf`` is not present when you start the build, the
+OpenEmbedded build system creates it from ``bblayers.conf.sample`` when
+you ``source`` the top-level build environment setup script (i.e.
+:ref:`structure-core-script`).
+
+As with the ``local.conf`` file, the source ``bblayers.conf.sample``
+file used depends on the ``$TEMPLATECONF`` script variable, which
+defaults to ``meta-poky/conf/`` when you are building from the Yocto
+Project development environment, and to ``meta/conf/`` when you are
+building from the OpenEmbedded-Core environment. Because the script
+variable points to the source of the ``bblayers.conf.sample`` file, this
+implies that you can base your build from any layer by setting the
+variable in the top-level build environment setup script as follows:
+::
+
+ TEMPLATECONF=your_layer/conf
+
+Once the build process gets the sample file, it uses ``sed`` to substitute final
+``${``\ :term:`OEROOT`\ ``}`` values for all ``##OEROOT##`` values.
+
+.. note::
+
+ You can see how the
+ TEMPLATECONF
+ variable
+ scripts/oe-setup-builddir
+ script in the
+ Source Directory
+ . You can find the Yocto Project version of the
+ bblayers.conf.sample
+ file in the
+ meta-poky/conf/
+ directory.
+
+.. _structure-build-conf-sanity_info:
+
+``build/cache/sanity_info``
+---------------------------
+
+This file indicates the state of the sanity checks and is created during
+the build.
+
+.. _structure-build-downloads:
+
+``build/downloads/``
+--------------------
+
+This directory contains downloaded upstream source tarballs. You can
+reuse the directory for multiple builds or move the directory to another
+location. You can control the location of this directory through the
+``DL_DIR`` variable.
+
+.. _structure-build-sstate-cache:
+
+``build/sstate-cache/``
+-----------------------
+
+This directory contains the shared state cache. You can reuse the
+directory for multiple builds or move the directory to another location.
+You can control the location of this directory through the
+``SSTATE_DIR`` variable.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp:
+
+``build/tmp/``
+--------------
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system creates and uses this directory for all
+the build system's output. The :term:`TMPDIR` variable
+points to this directory.
+
+BitBake creates this directory if it does not exist. As a last resort,
+to clean up a build and start it from scratch (other than the
+downloads), you can remove everything in the ``tmp`` directory or get
+rid of the directory completely. If you do, you should also completely
+remove the ``build/sstate-cache`` directory.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-buildstats:
+
+``build/tmp/buildstats/``
+-------------------------
+
+This directory stores the build statistics.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-cache:
+
+``build/tmp/cache/``
+--------------------
+
+When BitBake parses the metadata (recipes and configuration files), it
+caches the results in ``build/tmp/cache/`` to speed up future builds.
+The results are stored on a per-machine basis.
+
+During subsequent builds, BitBake checks each recipe (together with, for
+example, any files included or appended to it) to see if they have been
+modified. Changes can be detected, for example, through file
+modification time (mtime) changes and hashing of file contents. If no
+changes to the file are detected, then the parsed result stored in the
+cache is reused. If the file has changed, it is reparsed.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/``
+---------------------
+
+This directory contains any "end result" output from the OpenEmbedded
+build process. The :term:`DEPLOY_DIR` variable points
+to this directory. For more detail on the contents of the ``deploy``
+directory, see the
+":ref:`images-dev-environment`" and
+":ref:`sdk-dev-environment`" sections in the Yocto
+Project Overview and Concepts Manual.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy-deb:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/deb/``
+-------------------------
+
+This directory receives any ``.deb`` packages produced by the build
+process. The packages are sorted into feeds for different architecture
+types.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy-rpm:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/rpm/``
+-------------------------
+
+This directory receives any ``.rpm`` packages produced by the build
+process. The packages are sorted into feeds for different architecture
+types.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy-ipk:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/ipk/``
+-------------------------
+
+This directory receives ``.ipk`` packages produced by the build process.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy-licenses:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/licenses/``
+------------------------------
+
+This directory receives package licensing information. For example, the
+directory contains sub-directories for ``bash``, ``busybox``, and
+``glibc`` (among others) that in turn contain appropriate ``COPYING``
+license files with other licensing information. For information on
+licensing, see the
+":ref:`dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:maintaining open source license compliance during your product's lifecycle`"
+section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy-images:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/images/``
+----------------------------
+
+This directory is populated with the basic output objects of the build
+(think of them as the "generated artifacts" of the build process),
+including things like the boot loader image, kernel, root filesystem and
+more. If you want to flash the resulting image from a build onto a
+device, look here for the necessary components.
+
+Be careful when deleting files in this directory. You can safely delete
+old images from this directory (e.g. ``core-image-*``). However, the
+kernel (``*zImage*``, ``*uImage*``, etc.), bootloader and other
+supplementary files might be deployed here prior to building an image.
+Because these files are not directly produced from the image, if you
+delete them they will not be automatically re-created when you build the
+image again.
+
+If you do accidentally delete files here, you will need to force them to
+be re-created. In order to do that, you will need to know the target
+that produced them. For example, these commands rebuild and re-create
+the kernel files:
+::
+
+ $ bitbake -c clean virtual/kernel
+ $ bitbake virtual/kernel
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-deploy-sdk:
+
+``build/tmp/deploy/sdk/``
+-------------------------
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system creates this directory to hold toolchain
+installer scripts which, when executed, install the sysroot that matches
+your target hardware. You can find out more about these installers in
+the ":ref:`sdk-manual/sdk-appendix-obtain:building an sdk installer`"
+section in the Yocto Project Application Development and the Extensible
+Software Development Kit (eSDK) manual.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-sstate-control:
+
+``build/tmp/sstate-control/``
+-----------------------------
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system uses this directory for the shared state
+manifest files. The shared state code uses these files to record the
+files installed by each sstate task so that the files can be removed
+when cleaning the recipe or when a newer version is about to be
+installed. The build system also uses the manifests to detect and
+produce a warning when files from one task are overwriting those from
+another.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-sysroots-components:
+
+``build/tmp/sysroots-components/``
+----------------------------------
+
+This directory is the location of the sysroot contents that the task
+:ref:`ref-tasks-prepare_recipe_sysroot`
+links or copies into the recipe-specific sysroot for each recipe listed
+in :term:`DEPENDS`. Population of this directory is
+handled through shared state, while the path is specified by the
+:term:`COMPONENTS_DIR` variable. Apart from a few
+unusual circumstances, handling of the ``sysroots-components`` directory
+should be automatic, and recipes should not directly reference
+``build/tmp/sysroots-components``.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-sysroots:
+
+``build/tmp/sysroots/``
+-----------------------
+
+Previous versions of the OpenEmbedded build system used to create a
+global shared sysroot per machine along with a native sysroot. Beginning
+with the DISTRO version of the Yocto Project, sysroots exist in
+recipe-specific :term:`WORKDIR` directories. Thus, the
+``build/tmp/sysroots/`` directory is unused.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The
+ build/tmp/sysroots/
+ directory can still be populated using the
+ bitbake build-sysroots
+ command and can be used for compatibility in some cases. However, in
+ general it is not recommended to populate this directory. Individual
+ recipe-specific sysroots should be used.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-stamps:
+
+``build/tmp/stamps/``
+---------------------
+
+This directory holds information that BitBake uses for accounting
+purposes to track what tasks have run and when they have run. The
+directory is sub-divided by architecture, package name, and version.
+Following is an example:
+stamps/all-poky-linux/distcc-config/1.0-r0.do_build-2fdd....2do Although
+the files in the directory are empty of data, BitBake uses the filenames
+and timestamps for tracking purposes.
+
+For information on how BitBake uses stamp files to determine if a task
+should be rerun, see the
+":ref:`overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts:stamp files and the rerunning of tasks`"
+section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-log:
+
+``build/tmp/log/``
+------------------
+
+This directory contains general logs that are not otherwise placed using
+the package's ``WORKDIR``. Examples of logs are the output from the
+``do_check_pkg`` or ``do_distro_check`` tasks. Running a build does not
+necessarily mean this directory is created.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-work:
+
+``build/tmp/work/``
+-------------------
+
+This directory contains architecture-specific work sub-directories for
+packages built by BitBake. All tasks execute from the appropriate work
+directory. For example, the source for a particular package is unpacked,
+patched, configured and compiled all within its own work directory.
+Within the work directory, organization is based on the package group
+and version for which the source is being compiled as defined by the
+:term:`WORKDIR`.
+
+It is worth considering the structure of a typical work directory. As an
+example, consider ``linux-yocto-kernel-3.0`` on the machine ``qemux86``
+built within the Yocto Project. For this package, a work directory of
+``tmp/work/qemux86-poky-linux/linux-yocto/3.0+git1+<.....>``, referred
+to as the ``WORKDIR``, is created. Within this directory, the source is
+unpacked to ``linux-qemux86-standard-build`` and then patched by Quilt.
+(See the ":ref:`using-a-quilt-workflow`" section in
+the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more information.) Within
+the ``linux-qemux86-standard-build`` directory, standard Quilt
+directories ``linux-3.0/patches`` and ``linux-3.0/.pc`` are created, and
+standard Quilt commands can be used.
+
+There are other directories generated within ``WORKDIR``. The most
+important directory is ``WORKDIR/temp/``, which has log files for each
+task (``log.do_*.pid``) and contains the scripts BitBake runs for each
+task (``run.do_*.pid``). The ``WORKDIR/image/`` directory is where "make
+install" places its output that is then split into sub-packages within
+``WORKDIR/packages-split/``.
+
+.. _structure-build-tmp-work-tunearch-recipename-version:
+
+``build/tmp/work/tunearch/recipename/version/``
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+The recipe work directory - ``${WORKDIR}``.
+
+As described earlier in the
+"```build/tmp/sysroots/`` <#structure-build-tmp-sysroots>`__" section,
+beginning with the DISTRO release of the Yocto Project, the OpenEmbedded
+build system builds each recipe in its own work directory (i.e.
+:term:`WORKDIR`). The path to the work directory is
+constructed using the architecture of the given build (e.g.
+:term:`TUNE_PKGARCH`,
+:term:`MACHINE_ARCH`, or "allarch"), the recipe
+name, and the version of the recipe (i.e.
+:term:`PE`\ ``:``\ :term:`PV`\ ``-``\ :term:`PR`).
+
+A number of key subdirectories exist within each recipe work directory:
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/temp``: Contains the log files of each task executed for
+ this recipe, the "run" files for each executed task, which contain
+ the code run, and a ``log.task_order`` file, which lists the order in
+ which tasks were executed.
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/image``: Contains the output of the
+ :ref:`ref-tasks-install` task, which corresponds to
+ the ``${``\ :term:`D`\ ``}`` variable in that task.
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/pseudo``: Contains the pseudo database and log for any
+ tasks executed under pseudo for the recipe.
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/sysroot-destdir``: Contains the output of the
+ :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot` task.
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/package``: Contains the output of the
+ :ref:`ref-tasks-package` task before the output is
+ split into individual packages.
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/packages-split``: Contains the output of the
+ ``do_package`` task after the output has been split into individual
+ packages. Subdirectories exist for each individual package created by
+ the recipe.
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot``: A directory populated with the target
+ dependencies of the recipe. This directory looks like the target
+ filesystem and contains libraries that the recipe might need to link
+ against (e.g. the C library).
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot-native``: A directory populated with the
+ native dependencies of the recipe. This directory contains the tools
+ the recipe needs to build (e.g. the compiler, Autoconf, libtool, and
+ so forth).
+
+- ``${WORKDIR}/build``: This subdirectory applies only to recipes that
+ support builds where the source is separate from the build artifacts.
+ The OpenEmbedded build system uses this directory as a separate build
+ directory (i.e. ``${``\ :term:`B`\ ``}``).
+
+.. _structure-build-work-shared:
+
+``build/tmp/work-shared/``
+--------------------------
+
+For efficiency, the OpenEmbedded build system creates and uses this
+directory to hold recipes that share a work directory with other
+recipes. In practice, this is only used for ``gcc`` and its variants
+(e.g. ``gcc-cross``, ``libgcc``, ``gcc-runtime``, and so forth).
+
+.. _structure-meta:
+
+The Metadata - ``meta/``
+========================
+
+As mentioned previously, :term:`Metadata` is the core of the
+Yocto Project. Metadata has several important subdivisions:
+
+.. _structure-meta-classes:
+
+``meta/classes/``
+-----------------
+
+This directory contains the ``*.bbclass`` files. Class files are used to
+abstract common code so it can be reused by multiple packages. Every
+package inherits the ``base.bbclass`` file. Examples of other important
+classes are ``autotools.bbclass``, which in theory allows any
+Autotool-enabled package to work with the Yocto Project with minimal
+effort. Another example is ``kernel.bbclass`` that contains common code
+and functions for working with the Linux kernel. Functions like image
+generation or packaging also have their specific class files such as
+``image.bbclass``, ``rootfs_*.bbclass`` and ``package*.bbclass``.
+
+For reference information on classes, see the
+":ref:`ref-manual/ref-classes:Classes`" chapter.
+
+.. _structure-meta-conf:
+
+``meta/conf/``
+--------------
+
+This directory contains the core set of configuration files that start
+from ``bitbake.conf`` and from which all other configuration files are
+included. See the include statements at the end of the ``bitbake.conf``
+file and you will note that even ``local.conf`` is loaded from there.
+While ``bitbake.conf`` sets up the defaults, you can often override
+these by using the (``local.conf``) file, machine file or the
+distribution configuration file.
+
+.. _structure-meta-conf-machine:
+
+``meta/conf/machine/``
+----------------------
+
+This directory contains all the machine configuration files. If you set
+``MACHINE = "qemux86"``, the OpenEmbedded build system looks for a
+``qemux86.conf`` file in this directory. The ``include`` directory
+contains various data common to multiple machines. If you want to add
+support for a new machine to the Yocto Project, look in this directory.
+
+.. _structure-meta-conf-distro:
+
+``meta/conf/distro/``
+---------------------
+
+The contents of this directory controls any distribution-specific
+configurations. For the Yocto Project, the ``defaultsetup.conf`` is the
+main file here. This directory includes the versions and the ``SRCDATE``
+definitions for applications that are configured here. An example of an
+alternative configuration might be ``poky-bleeding.conf``. Although this
+file mainly inherits its configuration from Poky.
+
+.. _structure-meta-conf-machine-sdk:
+
+``meta/conf/machine-sdk/``
+--------------------------
+
+The OpenEmbedded build system searches this directory for configuration
+files that correspond to the value of
+:term:`SDKMACHINE`. By default, 32-bit and 64-bit x86
+files ship with the Yocto Project that support some SDK hosts. However,
+it is possible to extend that support to other SDK hosts by adding
+additional configuration files in this subdirectory within another
+layer.
+
+.. _structure-meta-files:
+
+``meta/files/``
+---------------
+
+This directory contains common license files and several text files used
+by the build system. The text files contain minimal device information
+and lists of files and directories with known permissions.
+
+.. _structure-meta-lib:
+
+``meta/lib/``
+-------------
+
+This directory contains OpenEmbedded Python library code used during the
+build process.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-bsp:
+
+``meta/recipes-bsp/``
+---------------------
+
+This directory contains anything linking to specific hardware or
+hardware configuration information such as "u-boot" and "grub".
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-connectivity:
+
+``meta/recipes-connectivity/``
+------------------------------
+
+This directory contains libraries and applications related to
+communication with other devices.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-core:
+
+``meta/recipes-core/``
+----------------------
+
+This directory contains what is needed to build a basic working Linux
+image including commonly used dependencies.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-devtools:
+
+``meta/recipes-devtools/``
+--------------------------
+
+This directory contains tools that are primarily used by the build
+system. The tools, however, can also be used on targets.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-extended:
+
+``meta/recipes-extended/``
+--------------------------
+
+This directory contains non-essential applications that add features
+compared to the alternatives in core. You might need this directory for
+full tool functionality or for Linux Standard Base (LSB) compliance.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-gnome:
+
+``meta/recipes-gnome/``
+-----------------------
+
+This directory contains all things related to the GTK+ application
+framework.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-graphics:
+
+``meta/recipes-graphics/``
+--------------------------
+
+This directory contains X and other graphically related system
+libraries.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-kernel:
+
+``meta/recipes-kernel/``
+------------------------
+
+This directory contains the kernel and generic applications and
+libraries that have strong kernel dependencies.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-lsb4:
+
+``meta/recipes-lsb4/``
+----------------------
+
+This directory contains recipes specifically added to support the Linux
+Standard Base (LSB) version 4.x.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-multimedia:
+
+``meta/recipes-multimedia/``
+----------------------------
+
+This directory contains codecs and support utilities for audio, images
+and video.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-rt:
+
+``meta/recipes-rt/``
+--------------------
+
+This directory contains package and image recipes for using and testing
+the ``PREEMPT_RT`` kernel.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-sato:
+
+``meta/recipes-sato/``
+----------------------
+
+This directory contains the Sato demo/reference UI/UX and its associated
+applications and configuration data.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-support:
+
+``meta/recipes-support/``
+-------------------------
+
+This directory contains recipes used by other recipes, but that are not
+directly included in images (i.e. dependencies of other recipes).
+
+.. _structure-meta-site:
+
+``meta/site/``
+--------------
+
+This directory contains a list of cached results for various
+architectures. Because certain "autoconf" test results cannot be
+determined when cross-compiling due to the tests not able to run on a
+live system, the information in this directory is passed to "autoconf"
+for the various architectures.
+
+.. _structure-meta-recipes-txt:
+
+``meta/recipes.txt``
+--------------------
+
+This file is a description of the contents of ``recipes-*``.