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authorPeter Korsgaard2010-06-21 23:07:12 +0200
committerPeter Korsgaard2010-06-21 23:07:12 +0200
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docs: Document location of .config for out-of-tree builds
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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<p>All the output files will be located under
<code>/tmp/build</code>.</p>
+ <p>When using out-of-tree builds, the Buildroot
+ <code>.config</code> and temporary files are also stored in the
+ output directory. This means that you can safely run multiple
+ builds in parallel using the same source tree as long as they use
+ unique output directories.</p>
+
<h3><a name="environment_variables" id="environment_variables"></a>
Environment variables</h3>