[yocto] Documentation error report

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Thanks—I’ll do that.

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Daryl Lee
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> On Mar 10, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Trevor Woerner <twoerner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Daryl,
> 
> 
>> On Sat 2018-03-10 @ 07:10:02 PM, daryl at daryllee.com wrote:
>> I'm not sure who to send this to, so maybe someone can redirect me...
> 
> Scott Rifenbark is responsible for all YP documentation:
> srifenbark AT gmail DOT com
> 
> Ideally, if you're comfortable with git, you could generate a patch and send
> it via email to this list (CCing Scott). You can find the YP sources here:
> 
>    http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs
> 
>> I'm going through the Yocto Project Quick Start at https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.4.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html,
>> and I encountered a minor error that might be worth fixing.  There are two
>> consecutive commands given for cloning Poky and checking out the current
>> version:
>> 
>> $ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
>> $ git checkout tags/yocto-2.4.1 -b poky_2.4.1
>> 
>> For myself, I had to insert a
>> 
>> $ cd poky
>> 
>> between them to succeed.
> 
> Specifically I think you're referring to:
> 
>    http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs/tree/documentation/yocto-project-qs/qs.xml#n330
> 
> 
> I think the "-b <branch>" option (which also takes tags) could be used to
> combine the above into one step, thus obviating the need for the "cd ..." or
> the "checkout ..."
> 
>    $ git clone -b yocto-2.4.1 git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
> 
> But maybe it's simpler as multiple steps?
> 
>> And, as always, my sincere thanks to everyone who has ever contributed to
>> this endeavor; it's a big help to me.  I've been using it for several months
>> now via Xilinx's Petalinux wrapper and now I'm trying to get "under the
>> covers" to understand better what kind of magic is going on.
> 
> Welcome, and good luck!
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