From 2b08a281b9b8b130c76dd2e03420e685b35025f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:05:57 -0700
Subject: ref-manual: Added note to RM_OLD_IMAGE indicating redundancy

The way these old image files are staged now makes removing them
the default behavior.  Thus, this variable has become redundant.
I added a note indicating such.

(From yocto-docs rev: e1db620fdf741b46e54cf1a3715597f81a811818)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'documentation')

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 69698d0398..f509da4d7d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -10691,6 +10691,13 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     Set this variable to "1" in your
                     <filename>local.conf</filename> file to remove these
                     images.
+                    <note>
+                        Removal of old images and other files in
+                        <filename>tmp/deploy/</filename> is enabled by default
+                        due to the staging method used for those files.
+                        Consequently, the <filename>RM_OLD_IMAGE</filename>
+                        variable is redundant.
+                    </note>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
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