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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 6e6eb22d86..7b1aef08c3 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -2806,23 +2806,29 @@ <filename>DEPENDS</filename> does not make sense. Use "foo" instead, as this will put files - from all the packages that make up "foo" - - including those from "foo-dev" - into the - sysroot. + from all the packages that make up + <filename>foo</filename>, which includes + those from <filename>foo-dev</filename>, into + the sysroot. </para></listitem> <listitem><para> - Counter intuitively, + Counterintuitively, <filename>DEPENDS</filename> is often necessary even for recipes that install precompiled components. - For example, if "libfoo" is a precompiled - library that links against "libbar", then - linking against "libfoo" requires both "libfoo" - and "libbar" to be available in the sysroot. + For example, if <filename>libfoo</filename> + is a precompiled library that links against + <filename>libbar</filename>, then + linking against <filename>libfoo</filename> + requires both <filename>libfoo</filename> + and <filename>libbar</filename> to be available + in the sysroot. Without a <filename>DEPENDS</filename> from the - recipe that installs "libfoo" to the recipe - that installs "libbar", other recipes might - fail to link against "libfoo". + recipe that installs <filename>libfoo</filename> + to the recipe that installs + <filename>libbar</filename>, other recipes might + fail to link against + <filename>libfoo</filename>. </para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </note> |