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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 8f059650d3..74ac12bf98 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -1978,6 +1978,19 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. is included in the default value of :term:`OVERRIDES`. + :term:`DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH` + When used by recipes that inherit the + :ref:`distutils3 <ref-classes-distutils3>` or + :ref:`setuptools3 <ref-classes-setuptools3>` class, this variable should + be used to specify the directory in which the ``setup.py`` file is + located if it is not at the root of the source tree (as specified by + :term:`S`). For example, in a recipe where the sources are fetched from + a Git repository and ``setup.py`` is in a ``python/pythonmodule`` + subdirectory, you would have this:: + + S = "${WORKDIR}/git" + DISTUTILS_SETUP_PATH = "${S}/python/pythonmodule" + :term:`DL_DIR` The central download directory used by the build process to store downloads. By default, ``DL_DIR`` gets files suitable for mirroring |