ref-manual: add CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL

New variable in 4.1.

(From yocto-docs rev: 580e0f3b23ee3a553ffc797b97c5b146316e32e4)

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 9d16d8c466..11a12614b2 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -1477,6 +1477,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       The list of package names (:term:`PN`) for which
       CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) are ignored.
 
+   :term:`CVE_DB_UPDATE_INTERVAL`
+      Specifies the CVE database update interval in seconds, as used by
+      ``cve-update-db-native``. The default value is "86400" i.e. once a day
+      (24*60*60). If the value is set to "0" then the update will be forced
+      every time. Alternatively, a negative value e.g. "-1" will disable
+      updates entirely.
+
    :term:`CVE_PRODUCT`
       In a recipe, defines the name used to match the recipe name
       against the name in the upstream `NIST CVE database <https://nvd.nist.gov/>`__.