ref-manual: Edits to the LDFLAGS variable.

(From yocto-docs rev: c9aed9429902ecdedfdfc0241e94d10b145af859)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 3d772f9ec4..f6cb5c0163 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -7888,6 +7888,16 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     <link linkend='var-LDFLAGS'><filename>LDFLAGS</filename></link>
                     is set to the value of this variable by default.
                 </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    Additionally, the SDK's environment setup script sets
+                    the
+                    <link linkend='var-LDFLAGS'><filename>LDFLAGS</filename></link>
+                    variable in the environment to the
+                    <filename>TARGET_LDFLAGS</filename> value so that
+                    executables built using the SDK also have the flags
+                    applied.
+                </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>