[gnome-continuous-yocto/gnomeostree-3.28-rocko: 5967/8267] bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Updated INHERIT descriptions



commit 31ec7fa01df21cb43051686d02b52f1a6463feb4
Author: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
Date:   Thu May 11 12:03:48 2017 -0700

    bitbake: bitbake-user-manual: Updated INHERIT descriptions
    
    Fixes [YOCTO #11498]
    
    Enhanced the glossary description for the INHERIT variable to give more
    detail and to cross-reference the reader back into the Chapter 3
    section describing its use.
    
    (Bitbake rev: 362f6044fcaafe51ab4377af8f2606165b112717)
    
    Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark gmail com>
    Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard purdie linuxfoundation org>

 .../bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml               |    3 ++-
 .../bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml          |   16 +++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml 
b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index 1d1e5b3..b32fa33 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -1072,7 +1072,8 @@
                 <note>
                     Because <filename>.conf</filename> files are parsed
                     first during BitBake's execution, using
-                    <filename>INHERIT</filename> to inherit a class effectively
+                    <link linkend='var-INHERIT'><filename>INHERIT</filename></link>
+                    to inherit a class effectively
                     inherits the class globally (i.e. for all recipes).
                 </note>
                 If you want to use the directive to inherit
diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml 
b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
index 0e89bf2..07bda98 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.xml
@@ -1596,9 +1596,19 @@
         <glossentry id='var-INHERIT'><glossterm>INHERIT</glossterm>
             <glossdef>
                 <para>
-                    Causes the named class to be inherited at
-                    this point during parsing.
-                    The variable is only valid in configuration files.
+                    Causes the named class or classes to be inherited globally.
+                    Anonymous functions in the class or classes
+                    are not executed for the
+                    base configuration and in each individual recipe.
+                    The OpenEmbedded build system ignores changes to
+                    <filename>INHERIT</filename> in individual recipes.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    For more information on <filename>INHERIT</filename>, see
+                    the
+                    "<link linkend="inherit-configuration-directive"><filename>INHERIT</filename> 
Configuration Directive</link>"
+                    section.
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>


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