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-usage: bitbake [options] [package ...]
+Usage: bitbake [options] [recipename/target ...]
-Executes the specified task (default is 'build') for a given set of BitBake files.
-It expects that BBFILES is defined, which is a space separated list of files to
-be executed. BBFILES does support wildcards.
-Default BBFILES are the .bb files in the current directory.
+ Executes the specified task (default is 'build') for a given set of target recipes (.bb files).
+ It is assumed there is a conf/bblayers.conf available in cwd or in BBPATH which
+ will provide the layer, BBFILES and other configuration information.
-options:
+Options:
--version show program's version number and exit
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b BUILDFILE, --buildfile=BUILDFILE
- execute the task against this .bb file, rather than a
- package from BBFILES.
- -k, --continue continue as much as possible after an error. While the
- target that failed, and those that depend on it,
- cannot be remade, the other dependencies of these
- targets can be processed all the same.
- -f, --force force run of specified cmd, regardless of stamp status
- -i, --interactive drop into the interactive mode also called the BitBake
- shell.
- -c CMD, --cmd=CMD Specify task to execute. Note that this only executes
- the specified task for the providee and the packages
- it depends on, i.e. 'compile' does not implicitly call
- stage for the dependencies (IOW: use only if you know
- what you are doing). Depending on the base.bbclass a
- listtasks task is defined and will show available
- tasks
- -r FILE, --read=FILE read the specified file before bitbake.conf
- -v, --verbose output more chit-chat to the terminal
+ Execute tasks from a specific .bb recipe directly.
+ WARNING: Does not handle any dependencies from other
+ recipes.
+ -k, --continue Continue as much as possible after an error. While the
+ target that failed and anything depending on it cannot
+ be built, as much as possible will be built before
+ stopping.
+ -a, --tryaltconfigs Continue with builds by trying to use alternative
+ providers where possible.
+ -f, --force Force the specified targets/task to run (invalidating
+ any existing stamp file).
+ -c CMD, --cmd=CMD Specify the task to execute. The exact options
+ available depend on the metadata. Some examples might
+ be 'compile' or 'populate_sysroot' or 'listtasks' may
+ give a list of the tasks available.
+ -C INVALIDATE_STAMP, --clear-stamp=INVALIDATE_STAMP
+ Invalidate the stamp for the specified task such as
+ 'compile' and then run the default task for the
+ specified target(s).
+ -r PREFILE, --read=PREFILE
+ Read the specified file before bitbake.conf.
+ -R POSTFILE, --postread=POSTFILE
+ Read the specified file after bitbake.conf.
+ -v, --verbose Output more log message data to the terminal.
-D, --debug Increase the debug level. You can specify this more
than once.
- -n, --dry-run don't execute, just go through the motions
- -p, --parse-only quit after parsing the BB files (developers only)
- -s, --show-versions show current and preferred versions of all packages
- -e, --environment show the global or per-package environment (this is
- what used to be bbread)
- -g, --graphviz emit the dependency trees of the specified packages in
- the dot syntax
- -I IGNORED_DOT_DEPS, --ignore-deps=IGNORED_DOT_DEPS
- Stop processing at the given list of dependencies when
- generating dependency graphs. This can help to make
- the graph more appealing
+ -n, --dry-run Don't execute, just go through the motions.
+ -S, --dump-signatures
+ Don't execute, just dump out the signature
+ construction information.
+ -p, --parse-only Quit after parsing the BB recipes.
+ -s, --show-versions Show current and preferred versions of all recipes.
+ -e, --environment Show the global or per-package environment complete
+ with information about where variables were
+ set/changed.
+ -g, --graphviz Save dependency tree information for the specified
+ targets in the dot syntax.
+ -I EXTRA_ASSUME_PROVIDED, --ignore-deps=EXTRA_ASSUME_PROVIDED
+ Assume these dependencies don't exist and are already
+ provided (equivalent to ASSUME_PROVIDED). Useful to
+ make dependency graphs more appealing
-l DEBUG_DOMAINS, --log-domains=DEBUG_DOMAINS
Show debug logging for the specified logging domains
- -P, --profile profile the command and print a report
-
-
+ -P, --profile Profile the command and save reports.
+ -u UI, --ui=UI The user interface to use (e.g. knotty, hob, depexp).
+ -t SERVERTYPE, --servertype=SERVERTYPE
+ Choose which server to use, process or xmlrpc.
+ --revisions-changed Set the exit code depending on whether upstream
+ floating revisions have changed or not.
+ --server-only Run bitbake without a UI, only starting a server
+ (cooker) process.
+ -B BIND, --bind=BIND The name/address for the bitbake server to bind to.
+ --no-setscene Do not run any setscene tasks. sstate will be ignored
+ and everything needed, built.
+ --remote-server=REMOTE_SERVER
+ Connect to the specified server.
+ -m, --kill-server Terminate the remote server.
+ --observe-only Connect to a server as an observing-only client.
+ --status-only Check the status of the remote bitbake server.
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