ref-manual: Added new note item to the DEPENDS note box.

Fixes [YOCTO #10198]

The new note helps clarify runtime dependencies.

(From yocto-docs rev: e9eba1260df4ef5f3245149f0436eae5ca68c78b)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index e34843512a..3c8ed8249f 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2828,6 +2828,18 @@
                                 the sysroot.
                                 </para></listitem>
                             <listitem><para>
+                                One recipe having another recipe in
+                                <filename>DEPENDS</filename> does not by itself
+                                add any runtime dependencies between the
+                                packages produced by the two recipes.
+                                However, as explained in the
+                                <link linkend='var-RDEPENDS'><filename>RDEPENDS</filename></link>
+                                glossary entry, runtime dependencies will often
+                                be added automatically, meaning
+                                <filename>DEPENDS</filename> alone is
+                                sufficient for most recipes.
+                                </para></listitem>
+                            <listitem><para>
                                 Counterintuitively,
                                 <filename>DEPENDS</filename> is often necessary
                                 even for recipes that install precompiled