* [PATCH] bitbake-user-manual: document "network" task flag
@ 2023-06-01 13:21 michael.opdenacker
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From: michael.opdenacker @ 2023-06-01 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bitbake-devel; +Cc: docs, Michael Opdenacker
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
This addresses [YOCTO #15127]
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
---
doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index b35c332c..58975f4c 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -1519,6 +1519,12 @@ functionality of the task:
released. You can use this variable flag to accomplish mutual
exclusion.
+- ``[network]``: When set to "1", allows a task to access the network. By
+ default, only the ``do_fetch`` task is granted network access. Recipes
+ shouldn't access the network outside of ``do_fetch`` as it usually
+ undermines fetcher source mirroring, image and licence manifests, software
+ auditing and supply chain security.
+
- ``[noexec]``: When set to "1", marks the task as being empty, with
no execution required. You can use the ``[noexec]`` flag to set up
tasks as dependency placeholders, or to disable tasks defined
--
2.34.1
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