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ref-manual: rewrite of the "Variables" section.
authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:50:11 +0000 (10:50 -0700)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:12:50 +0000 (14:12 +0100)
this was really old text and had not been touched since the
original poky handbook days.  It was terrible.

(From yocto-docs rev: 4f3efdbf2920f7d3f2d0d0526d08340c6204856a)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
documentation/ref-manual/usingpoky.xml

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     <section id='usingpoky-debugging-variables'>
         <title>Variables</title>
         <para>
-            The <filename>-e</filename> option dumps the resulting environment for
-            either the configuration (no package specified) or for a
-            specific package when specified; or <filename>-b recipename</filename>
-            to show the environment from parsing a single recipe file only.
+            You can use the <filename>-e</filename> BitBake option to 
+            display the resulting environment for a configuration 
+            when you do not specify a package or for a specific package when 
+            you do specify the package.
+            If you want to show the environment resulting from parsing a single
+            recipe, use the <filename>-b recipename</filename> form.
         </para>
     </section>