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ref-manual/variables.rst: improve the PKGV documentation

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It may be confusing for users that source control information is not
present in the BitBake environment. Document it as a warning block.

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Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
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@@ -6771,6 +6771,23 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
The version of the package(s) built by the recipe. By default,
:term:`PKGV` is set to :term:`PV`.
If :term:`PV` contains the ``+`` sign, source control information will be
included in :term:`PKGV` later in the packaging phase. For more
information, see the :doc:`/dev-manual/external-scm` section of the Yocto
Project Development Tasks Manual.
.. warning::
Since source control information is included in a late stage by the
:ref:`ref-classes-package` class, it cannot be seen from the BitBake
environment with ``bitbake -e`` or ``bitbake-getvar``. Instead, after
the package is built, the version information can be retrieved with
``oe-pkgdata-util package-info <package name>``. See the
:ref:`dev-manual/debugging:Viewing Package Information with
\`\`oe-pkgdata-util\`\`` section of the Yocto Project Development Tasks
Manual for more information on ``oe-pkgdata-util``.
:term:`PN`
This variable can have two separate functions depending on the
context: a recipe name or a resulting package name.