Re: [docs] [PATCH] ref-manual: add intro content to Ref Manual "Tasks" section

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri Jun 26, 2026 at 11:11 AM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> > As in done in the "Classes" section, add a couple paragraphs to
> > explain how the developer can examine the tasks for a recipe.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
> > index e6301e708..7c8bd0a82 100644
> > --- a/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
> > +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/tasks.rst
> > @@ -9,6 +9,35 @@ tasks to complete configuring, compiling, and packaging software. This
> >  chapter provides a reference of the tasks defined in the OpenEmbedded
> >  build system.
> >
> > +To see the tasks defined (in alphabetical order) for a given recipe,
> > +you can run:
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: console
> > +
> > +   $ bitbake -c listtasks recipename
> > +   do_build                              Default task for a recipe - depends on all other normal tasks required to 'build' a recipe
> > +   do_checkuri                           Validates the SRC_URI value
> > +   do_clean                              Removes all output files for a target
> > +   do_cleanall                           Removes all output files, shared state cache, and downloaded source files for a target
> > +   do_cleansstate                        Removes all output files and shared state cache for a target
> > +   do_compile                            Compiles the source in the compilation directory
> > +   .. etc etc ...
>
> Nitpick, but I think "..." is enough.

  ok, i'll do that next time. or would you prefer that tweak?

rday