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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 5ac167d051..0fcb7b7064 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -12526,6 +12526,16 @@ <title>Viewing Variable Values</title> <para> + Sometimes you need to know the value of a variable as a + result of BitBake's parsing step. + This could be because some unexpected behavior occurred + in your project. + Perhaps an attempt to + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BB_URL;#modifying-existing-variables'>modify a variable</ulink> + did not work out as expected. + </para> + + <para> BitBake's <filename>-e</filename> option is used to display variable values after parsing. The following command displays the variable values after the |