It's useful to have some idea of how the tasks defined by this class work
and what they do behind the scenes.
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para><filename>do_configure</filename> ‐ regenerates the
+ <listitem><para><filename>do_configure</filename> ‐ Regenerates the
configure script (using <filename>autoreconf</filename>) and then launches it
with a standard set of arguments used during cross-compilation.
You can pass additional parameters to <filename>configure</filename> through the
<filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'>EXTRA_OECONF</link></filename> variable.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><filename>do_compile</filename> ‐ runs <filename>make</filename> with
+ <listitem><para><filename>do_compile</filename> ‐ Runs <filename>make</filename> with
arguments that specify the compiler and linker.
You can pass additional arguments through
the <filename><link linkend='var-EXTRA_OEMAKE'>EXTRA_OEMAKE</link></filename> variable.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><filename>do_install</filename> ‐ runs <filename>make install</filename>
- and passes a DESTDIR option, which takes its value from the standard
+ <listitem><para><filename>do_install</filename> ‐ Runs <filename>make install</filename>
+ and passes a destination directory option, which takes its value
+ from the standard
<filename><link linkend='var-DESTDIR'>DESTDIR</link></filename> variable.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>