Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca>
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 6c406da..c7ec2b6 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
into multiple layers.
Layers allow you to isolate different types of customizations from
each other.
You might find it tempting to keep everything in one layer when
working on a single project.
- However, the more modular you organize your metadata, the easier
it is to cope with future changes.
+ However, the more modular your metadata, the easier it is to cope
with future changes.
</para>
<para>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
These types of customizations typically reside in a BSP Layer.
Furthermore, the machine customizations should be isolated from
recipes and metadata that support
a new GUI environment, for example.
- This situation gives you a couple of layers: one for the machine
configurations, and one for the
+ This situation suggests a couple of layers: one for the machine
configurations, and one for the
GUI environment.
It is important to understand, however, that the BSP layer can
still make machine-specific
additions to recipes within the GUI environment layer without
polluting the GUI layer itself
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
<title>Creating Your Own Layer</title>
<para>
- It is very easy to create your own layer to use with the
OpenEmbedded build system.
+ It is very easy to create a layer for the OpenEmbedded build
system.
Follow these general steps to create your layer:
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Check Existing
Layers:</emphasis> Before creating a new layer,
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@
</para>
<para>
- Append files files must have the same name as the
corresponding recipe.
+ Append files must have the same name as the corresponding
recipe.
For example, the append file
<filename>someapp_&DISTRO;.bbappend</filename> must
apply to <filename>someapp_&DISTRO;.bb</filename>.
- This means the original recipe and append file names are
version number specific.
+ This means the original recipe and append file names are
version number-specific.
If the corresponding recipe is renamed to update to a newer
version, the
underlying <filename>.bbappend</filename> file must be renamed
as well.
During the build process, BitBake displays an error on
starting if it detects a
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
Each layer is assigned a priority value.
Priority values control which layer takes precedence if there
are recipe files with
the same name in multiple layers.
- For these cases, the recipe file from the layer with a higher
priority number taking precedence.
+ For these cases, the recipe file from the layer with a higher
priority number takes precedence.
Priority values also affect the order in which multiple
<filename>.bbappend</filename> files
for the same recipe are applied.
You can either specify the priority manually, or allow the
build system to calculate it
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