overview-manual: inform the reader early of "bitbake-getvar"

Given how Chapter 4 of the Overview Manual introduces so many of the
variables that define a build, briefly introduce the reader to the
"bitbake-getvar" command so they can examine those variables.

(From yocto-docs rev: ccd3b07fb7a24877aeea80d24456e41c93266015)

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
(cherry picked from commit 33f57d154ad1ec950c59c5aab20e0a0323ef19cc)
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>
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cross-development toolchains, shared state cache, and so forth are
explained.
.. note::
Throughout this section, many variables and their meanings are
introduced. If, in the context of a :term:`Build Directory`,
you want to examine the value of any of these variables, you can
use the ``bitbake-getvar`` command, explained in the
":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing variable values`" section.
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