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Subject: Variable reference (was: Documentation update about machine conf files)
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[start new thread because of the more common subject]

>> I would be really happy about an index of all variables usable in the
>> recipes together with a desciption or a reference to it. I would
>> prefer such an index in the wiki, but manual or documentation.conf
>> would be fine too.
> 
> Something like that you mean?
> 
> http://pokylinux.org/doc/poky-handbook.html#ref-variables-glossary

Yes.

Would be nice if it is not a glossary only but contains additional info (e.g. exact usage, restrictions, dependencies, examples). This may be realized by references to an own (wiki) page for each variable which needs more than a one liner.

What's the community opinion? Should we start such an index in the wiki?

Steffen