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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 59d7c0acbc..c34188defb 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | |||
@@ -6424,19 +6424,31 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" | |||
6424 | </glossdef> | 6424 | </glossdef> |
6425 | </glossentry> | 6425 | </glossentry> |
6426 | 6426 | ||
6427 | <glossentry id='var-PROVIDES'><glossterm>PROVIDES</glossterm> | 6427 | <glossentry id='var-PROVIDES'><glossterm>PROVIDES</glossterm> |
6428 | <glossdef> | 6428 | <glossdef> |
6429 | <para> | ||
6430 | A list of aliases by which a particular recipe can be | ||
6431 | known. | ||
6432 | By default, a recipe's own | ||
6433 | <filename><link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link></filename> | ||
6434 | is implicitly already in its <filename>PROVIDES</filename> | ||
6435 | list. | ||
6436 | If a recipe uses <filename>PROVIDES</filename>, the | ||
6437 | additional aliases are synonyms for the recipe and can | ||
6438 | be useful satisfying dependencies of other recipes during | ||
6439 | the build as specified by | ||
6440 | <filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link></filename>. | ||
6441 | </para> | ||
6442 | |||
6429 | <para> | 6443 | <para> |
6430 | A list of aliases that a recipe also provides. | 6444 | Consider the following example |
6431 | These aliases are useful for satisfying dependencies of | 6445 | <filename>PROVIDES</filename> statement from a recipe |
6432 | other recipes during the build (as specified by | 6446 | file <filename>libav_0.8.11.bb</filename>: |
6433 | <filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link></filename>). | 6447 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> |
6434 | <note> | 6448 | PROVIDES += "libpostproc" |
6435 | A recipe's own | 6449 | </literallayout> |
6436 | <filename><link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link></filename> | 6450 | The <filename>PROVIDES</filename> statement results in |
6437 | is implicitly already in its | 6451 | the "libav" recipe also being known as "libpostproc". |
6438 | <filename>PROVIDES</filename> list. | ||
6439 | </note> | ||
6440 | </para> | 6452 | </para> |
6441 | </glossdef> | 6453 | </glossdef> |
6442 | </glossentry> | 6454 | </glossentry> |