Adding USERADD_DEPENDS to the variables document
Signed-off-by: Eilís 'pidge' Ní Fhlannagáin <[email protected]>
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documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index b394d310990..9ec0ce4b4ca 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -9736,6 +9736,21 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and
contents.
``meta-poky/conf/templates/default/local.conf.sample`` in the
:term:`Source Directory`.
+ :term:`USERADD_DEPENDS`
+ Lists a recipe's USERADD dependencies. These are dependencies on
+ other recipes whose create users and groups via useradd.bbclass and are
+ needed by the recipe at build time. This variable is now required for
+ recipes that rely on other recipes for part of their useradd.
+
+ As an example, consider a recipe ``foo``. Recipe ``bar`` creates a group
+ that foo requires for it's useradd tasks. In order to ensure that the
+ useradd tasks exist for foo, we add the the following assignment::
+
+ $USERADD_DEPENDS = "bar"
+
+ The practical effect of this assignment is that bar's sysroot_setscene is
+ added to :term:`USERADDSETSCENEDEPS` variable.
+
:term:`USERADD_ERROR_DYNAMIC`
If set to ``error``, forces the OpenEmbedded build system to produce
an error if the user identification (``uid``) and group
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