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diff --git a/documentation/bitbake.rst b/documentation/bitbake.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7702f9322c --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/bitbake.rst @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK + +===================== +BitBake Documentation +===================== + +| + +BitBake was originally a part of the OpenEmbedded project. It was inspired by +the Portage package management system used by the Gentoo Linux distribution. In +2004, the OpenEmbedded project was split the project into two distinct pieces: + +- BitBake, a generic task executor +- OpenEmbedded, a metadata set utilized by BitBake + +Today, BitBake is the primary build tool of OpenEmbedded based projects, such as +the Yocto Project. + +The BitBake documentation can be found :doc:`here <bitbake:index>`. diff --git a/documentation/index.rst b/documentation/index.rst index 9f41daf4b4..6aeeb2197b 100644 --- a/documentation/index.rst +++ b/documentation/index.rst @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Welcome to the Yocto Project Documentation Application Development and the Extensible SDK (eSDK) <sdk-manual/index> Toaster Manual <toaster-manual/index> Test Environment Manual <test-manual/index> - Bitbake User Manual <https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake> + bitbake .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 |