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* [docs][sphinx][PATCH] sphinx: dev-manual: Clarify that virtual providers do not apply to runtime dependencies
@ 2020-08-31 17:25 Joshua Watt
  2020-09-01  8:20 ` Nicolas Dechesne
  2020-09-16 15:55 ` Nicolas Dechesne
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From: Joshua Watt @ 2020-08-31 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
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From: Joshua Watt <Joshua.Watt@garmin.com>

Clarifies that virtual providers are only used for build time
dependencies specified with PROVIDES and DEPENDS, and do not apply to
runtime dependencies specified with RPROVIDES and RDEPENDS.

Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <Joshua.Watt@garmin.com>
---
 documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.rst
index c9b8a834c..a54379fef 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.rst
@@ -2000,6 +2000,12 @@ The following lists specific examples of virtual providers:
 
 -  ``virtual/libgles2``: Provides ``glesv2.pc`` (i.e. libGLESv2).
 
+.. note::
+
+   Virtual providers only apply to build time dependencies specified with
+   :term:`PROVIDES` and :term:`DEPENDS`. They do not apply to runtime
+   dependencies specified with :term:`RPROVIDES` and :term:`RDEPENDS`.
+
 Properly Versioning Pre-Release Recipes
 ---------------------------------------
 
-- 
2.28.0


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