ref-manual/ref-variables: add PROVIDES

Tightened up the text.

(From yocto-docs rev: 9b697681e0c2c3658c6552ec0c9951fc987c9b10)

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Paul Eggleton
2013-04-09 14:13:57 +01:00
committed by Richard Purdie
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@@ -2805,6 +2805,23 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id='var-PROVIDES'><glossterm>PROVIDES</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<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>
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id='var-PV'><glossterm>PV</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>The version of the recipe.