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authorScott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>2019-04-19 09:51:59 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2019-06-18 11:30:37 +0100
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dev-manual: Added reasoning blurb to "Viewing Variables" section.
I put a new introductory paragraph in the "Viewing Variables" section that alludes to why you might want to see variables. Also, I linked to the section "Modifying Variable Values" in the BB manual. (From yocto-docs rev: 6e18524ba62d2ff1231184467b0dd24dab33cfe6) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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12526 <title>Viewing Variable Values</title> 12526 <title>Viewing Variable Values</title>
12527 12527
12528 <para> 12528 <para>
12529 Sometimes you need to know the value of a variable as a
12530 result of BitBake's parsing step.
12531 This could be because some unexpected behavior occurred
12532 in your project.
12533 Perhaps an attempt to
12534 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#modifying-existing-variables'>modify a variable</ulink>
12535 did not work out as expected.
12536 </para>
12537
12538 <para>
12529 BitBake's <filename>-e</filename> option is used to display 12539 BitBake's <filename>-e</filename> option is used to display
12530 variable values after parsing. 12540 variable values after parsing.
12531 The following command displays the variable values after the 12541 The following command displays the variable values after the