manuals: add reference to GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH plus minor improvements

Fixes [YOCTO #14533]

(From yocto-docs rev: 84001d5d4258dad9e3663ea842ecc291d9e1a7dd)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
index 8bd82223f2..ed6b1446f3 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -4949,8 +4949,7 @@ the x32 psABI. Here is an example::
 Enabling GObject Introspection Support
 ======================================
 
-`GObject
-introspection <https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GObjectIntrospection>`__
+`GObject introspection <https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__
 is the standard mechanism for accessing GObject-based software from
 runtime environments. GObject is a feature of the GLib library that
 provides an object framework for the GNOME desktop and related software.
@@ -4962,7 +4961,7 @@ introspection is the only way to do it.
 
 This section describes the Yocto Project support for generating and
 packaging GObject introspection data. GObject introspection data is a
-description of the API provided by libraries built on top of GLib
+description of the API provided by libraries built on top of the GLib
 framework, and, in particular, that framework's GObject mechanism.
 GObject Introspection Repository (GIR) files go to ``-dev`` packages,
 ``typelib`` files go to main packages as they are packaged together with
@@ -5008,7 +5007,7 @@ library package involves the following:
    .. note::
 
       See recipes in the ``oe-core`` repository that use that
-      ``GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH`` variable as an example.
+      :term:`GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH` variable as an example.
 
 4. Look for any other errors, which probably mean that introspection
    support in a package is not entirely standard, and thus breaks down
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index e81a12030a..be496161bd 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -2667,6 +2667,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
    :term:`GDB`
       The minimal command and arguments to run the GNU Debugger.
 
+   :term:`GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH`
+      Allows to specify an extra search path for ``.so`` files
+      in GLib related recipes using GObject introspection,
+      and which do not compile without this setting.
+      See the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:enabling gobject introspection support`"
+      section for details.
+
    :term:`GITDIR`
       The directory in which a local copy of a Git repository is stored
       when it is cloned.