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diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml index 5304e40ce7..a9f5072128 100644 --- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -301,6 +301,29 @@ variable becoming the current date. </para> </section> + + <section id='providing-pathnames'> + <title>Providing Pathnames</title> + + <para> + When specifying pathnames for use with BitBake, + do not use the tilde ("~") character as a shortcut + for your home directory. + Doing so might cause BitBake to not recognize the + path since BitBake does not expand this character in + the same way a shell would. + </para> + + <para> + Instead, provide a fuller path as the following + example illustrates: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + BBLAYERS ?= " \ + /home/scott-lenovo/LayerA \ + " + </literallayout> + </para> + </section> </section> <section id='conditional-syntax-overrides'> |