Re: [docs] [PATCH 4/7] ref-manual: add PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS

["Peter Kjellerstedt" <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org> On Behalf
> Of Paul Eggleton
> Sent: den 28 oktober 2020 02:19
> To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
> Subject: [docs] [PATCH 4/7] ref-manual: add PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS
> 
> From: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
> 
> Add a brief variable glossary entry for the new PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS
> variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
> b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
> index a7315cf..176c94a 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.rst
> @@ -5932,6 +5932,14 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
>        service <dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:working with a pr service>`. You can
>        set ``PRSERV_HOST`` to other values to use a remote PR service.
> 
> +
> +   :term:`PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS`
> +      A comma-separated (without spaces) list of files that should be ignored

Based on the default definition of PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS in bitbake.conf, saying 
"files" here seems misleading. It seems to support files, directories and even 
prefixes, e.g., "${WORKDIR}/deploy-".

> +      by pseudo when monitoring and recording file operations, in order to avoid
> +      problems with files being written to outside of the pseudo context and
> +      reduce pseudo's overhead.
> +
> +
>     :term:`PTEST_ENABLED`
>        Specifies whether or not :ref:`Package
>        Test <dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks:testing packages with ptest>` (ptest)
> --
> 1.8.3.1

//Peter