6.12.1. Memory Resident Mode

A persistent mode is now available in BitBake's default operation, replacing its previous "memory resident mode" (i.e. oe-init-build-env-memres). Now you only need to set BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT to a timeout (in seconds) and BitBake's server stays resident for that amount of time between invocations. The oe-init-build-env-memres script has been removed since a separate environment setup script is no longer needed.