[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 1/2] bitbake-user-manual: Correct description for _append/_prepend/_remove

[Jacob Kroon]

The effects of _append/_prepend/_remove are applied when a variable
is expanded, not after parsing has completed.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Kroon <jacob.kroon at gmail.com>
---
 doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index 88622421..6b49d7fa 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -369,9 +369,8 @@
 
             <para>
                 These operators differ from the ":=", ".=", "=.", "+=", and "=+"
-                operators in that their effects are deferred
-                until after parsing completes rather than being immediately
-                applied.
+                operators in that their effects are applied at variable
+                expansion time rather than being immediately applied.
                 Here are some examples:
                 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      B = "bval"
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@
 
             <para>
                 Like "_append" and "_prepend", "_remove"
-                is deferred until after parsing completes.
+                is applied at variable expansion time.
             </para>
         </section>
 
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