8.1.23. do_populate_sysroot

Copies a subset of the files installed by the do_install task into the sysroot directory ${STAGING_DIR_HOST} to make them available to other recipes. Files that would typically not be needed by other recipes at build time are skipped. Skipped files include files installed into /etc. For information on what files are copied, see the staging class.

The do_populate_sysroot task is a shared state (sstate) task, which means that the task can be accelerated through sstate use. Realize also that if the task is re-executed, any previous output is removed (i.e. "cleaned").