manuals: document LICENSE_FLAGS_DETAILS

(From yocto-docs rev: 299c9b295a8476abdb32fba01ac2f45efacea6f1)

Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
CC: Quentin Schulz <foss+yocto@0leil.net>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
index 9629dc5329..e3f0aa9dc1 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/licenses.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ name and version (after variable expansion)::
 
    LICENSE_FLAGS = "license_${PN}_${PV}"
 
+It is possible to give more details about a specific license
+using flags on the :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS_DETAILS` variable::
+
+   LICENSE_FLAGS_DETAILS[my-eula-license] = "For further details, see https://example.com/eula."
+
+If set, this will be displayed to the user if the license hasn't been accepted.
+
 In order for a component restricted by a
 :term:`LICENSE_FLAGS` definition to be enabled and included in an image, it
 needs to have a matching entry in the global