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diff --git a/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml index 6e55705c7..5b1860104 100644 --- a/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml +++ b/doc/user-manual/user-manual-metadata.xml @@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ and the configuration files by describing what they are used for and how they interact. </para> - <para>BitBake handles the parsing and execution of the data files. - The data itself is of various types: + <para>BitBake handles parsing and execution of the data files of various + types: <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> <emphasis>Recipes:</emphasis> - Provides details about particular pieces - of software. + As described in section 1.4, recipes provide details to BitBake + about software it is to build. + Details may include where and how to fetch the source code. + Information about the recipe itself, such as version. + How to compile the source code, and many other items that will + be described further along in this document. </para> </listitem> <listitem> |