8.1.24. do_populate_sysroot

Copies a subset of the files installed by the do_install task into the sysroot 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").