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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml index 59d7c0acbc..c34188defb 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml @@ -6424,19 +6424,31 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3" </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry id='var-PROVIDES'><glossterm>PROVIDES</glossterm> - <glossdef> + <glossentry id='var-PROVIDES'><glossterm>PROVIDES</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> + A list of aliases by which a particular recipe can be + known. + By default, a recipe's own + <filename><link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link></filename> + is implicitly already in its <filename>PROVIDES</filename> + list. + If a recipe uses <filename>PROVIDES</filename>, the + additional aliases are synonyms for the recipe and can + be useful satisfying dependencies of other recipes during + the build as specified by + <filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link></filename>. + </para> + <para> - A list of aliases that a recipe also provides. - These aliases are useful for satisfying dependencies of - other recipes during the build (as specified by - <filename><link linkend='var-DEPENDS'>DEPENDS</link></filename>). - <note> - A recipe's own - <filename><link linkend='var-PN'>PN</link></filename> - is implicitly already in its - <filename>PROVIDES</filename> list. - </note> + Consider the following example + <filename>PROVIDES</filename> statement from a recipe + file <filename>libav_0.8.11.bb</filename>: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + PROVIDES += "libpostproc" + </literallayout> + The <filename>PROVIDES</filename> statement results in + the "libav" recipe also being known as "libpostproc". </para> </glossdef> </glossentry> |