From ce31b76fd1decbe63fa1d5acbb773ca5e6bd3ad3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 12:20:05 -0700
Subject: ref-manual: Updated the PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS variable description

Fixes [YOCTO #11600]

Made some technical corrections to the PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS
variable description in the glossary.

(From yocto-docs rev: c422783984748f170943eab418bfa7d0111fa352)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 4a2c79f1be..efe423adc7 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -9653,7 +9653,7 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
 
         <glossentry id='var-PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS'><glossterm>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</glossterm>
             <info>
-                PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS[doc] = "A space-separated list of configuration options generated from PACKAGECONFIG."
+                PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS[doc] = "A space-separated list of configuration options generated from the PACKAGECONFIG setting."
             </info>
             <glossdef>
                 <para role="glossdeffirst">
@@ -9662,11 +9662,25 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
                     from the
                     <link linkend='var-PACKAGECONFIG'><filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename></link>
                     setting.
-                    This list of options helps other classes and
-                    recipes take advantage of the
-                    <filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename> mechanism without
-                    having to include options from
-                    <link linkend='var-EXTRA_OECONF'><filename>EXTRA_OECONF</filename></link>.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    Classes such as
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-autotools'><filename>autotools</filename></link>
+                    and
+                    <link linkend='ref-classes-cmake'><filename>cmake</filename></link>
+                    use <filename>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</filename> to pass
+                    <link linkend='var-PACKAGECONFIG'><filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename></link>
+                    options to tasks such as
+                    <link linkend='ref-tasks-configure'><filename>do_configure</filename></link>
+                    and
+                    <link linkend='ref-tasks-cmake'><filename>do_cmake</filename></link>,
+                    respectively.
+                    If you are using
+                    <filename>PACKAGECONFIG</filename> but not a class that
+                    handles the <filename>do_configure</filename> task, then
+                    you need to use
+                    <filename>PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS</filename> appropriately.
                 </para>
 
                 <para>
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