Most important tasks performed by bitbake
Yocto build Bitbake tool parses a recipe and generates a list of tasks that it can execute to perform the build steps. The most important tasks are: do_fetch : Fetches the source code do_unpack : Unpacks the source code into a working directory do_patch: Locates patch files and applies them to the source code do_configure: Configures the source by enabling and disabling any build time and configuration options for the software being built do_compile: Compiles the source in compilation directory do_install: Copies file from the compilation directory to a holding area do_package: Analyzes the content of the holding area and splits into subsets based on available packages and files do_package_write_rpm: Creates the actual RPM package and places them in the Package Feed Area The above task list is in the correct dependency order.