[yocto] potentially confusing intro to what is in an SDK (SDK manual)

[Khem Raj]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
>
>   more of the pedantic nitpickery you've all come to expect from me,
> but in section 1.1 of SDK Manual (v. 2.2):
>
> "All SDKs consist of the following:
>
>     Cross-Development Toolchain: This toolchain contains a compiler,
>     debugger, and various miscellaneous tools.
>
>     Libraries, Headers, and Symbols: The libraries, headers, and
>     symbols are specific to the image (i.e. they match the image).
>
>     Environment Setup Script: This *.sh file, once run, sets up the
>     cross-development environment by defining variables and preparing
>     for SDK use. "
>
> hang on ... that last reference to an ".sh" file is potentially
> misleading. the generated SDK itself is bundled into the installation
> script (say,
> poky-glibc-x86_64-core-image-minimal-ppce300c3-toolchain-2.2.sh), and
> when that's run, what is installed contains, at the top level, the
> setup script "environment-setup-ppce300c3-poky-linux" -- there is no
> .sh script installed in the SDK installation directory.

it should really be something like "This shell script file, once sourced  ..."
fell free to send a patch and cc Scott.

>
>   it might be common to create the symlink for convenience:
>
>     environment-setup-ppce300c3-poky-linux -> env.sh
>
> or something like that, but AFAICT, there is no ".sh" setup script in
> the SDK installation directory.
>
>   is it possible the author was conflating the installation .sh file,
> and the environment setup file?
>
> rday
>
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