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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.

Cheers,

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   Jack Mitchell (jack@embed.me.uk)
   Embedded Systems Engineer
   http://www.embed.me.uk

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