[PATCH v3 3/3] doc: bitbake-user-manual-metadata: explain inherit_defer example

[Dawid Bijak <bijak.dawid@gmail.com>]

Add a short paragraph describing how the inherit_defer makes use of override
syntax to achieve conditional inheritance, and rename VARNAME to
VARIABLE to assure consistent naming throughout the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Dawid Bijak <bijak.dawid@gmail.com>
---
 doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
index 52a9e7fa7..59216f69a 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.rst
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ the variable after the line is parsed will take effect. With the :ref:`inherit
 
 Here is an example::
 
-   inherit_defer ${VARNAME}
+   inherit_defer ${VARIABLE}
 
 One way to achieve a conditional inherit in this case is to use
 overrides::
@@ -835,6 +835,11 @@ overrides::
    VARIABLE = ""
    VARIABLE:someoverride = "myclass"
 
+:ref:`inherit_defer <ref-bitbake-user-manual-metadata-inherit-defer>`
+defers the evaluation of ``${VARIABLE}`` until the end of
+parsing. Assuming ``someoverride`` is in :term:`OVERRIDES`, ``${VARIABLE}``
+expands to ``myclass``, which is then inherited.
+
 Alternatively, you could use an inline Python expression in the
 following form::
 
-- 
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