[yocto] wiki entry on how to create own source download mirror

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2012, Jack Mitchell wrote:

> On 21/03/12 09:50, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >    just noticed someone refer to this "How do I" entry:
> >
> > https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/How_do_I#Q:_How_create_my_own_source_download_mirror_.3F
> >
> > i'm tempted to clarify that section in a couple ways unless there are
> > any objections.
> >
> >    first, i don't think that section makes it clear that that technique
> > can also be used to just *use* a local source mirror if you already
> > happen to have a directory of tarballs lying around for some reason.
> > (that's how i came to use it -- several gigs of tarballs from earlier
> > days messing with OE.)
> >
> >    also, unnecessary to do "complete build", i just do "bitbake -c
> > fetchall<image>".
> >
> >    thoughts?
> >
> > rday
> >
>
> Sounds good to me, I was the one who suggested it and thought it
> could possibly be a bit lacking if you didn't have at least a basic
> base knowledge of OE/Bitbake.

  i'll try to get to that later today if time permits.  if you feel
like jumping in first, feel free.  (or anyone else, for that matter.)

rday

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