From: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:53:26 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: bitbake-user-manual: Updated discussion about using "inherit"
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bitbake-user-manual: Updated discussion about using "inherit"

Fixes [YOCTO #9343]

I updated the inherit directive section to note that you can
inherit multiple classes using a single line.

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
index 9fc3a3ccd76..46833227636 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-metadata.xml
@@ -809,6 +809,16 @@
                     <filename>INHERIT</filename> to inherit a class effectively
                     inherits the class globally (i.e. for all recipes).
                 </note>
+                If you want to use the directive to inherit
+                multiple classes, you can provide them on the same line in the
+                <filename>local.conf</filename> file.
+                Use spaces to separate the classes.
+                The following example shows how to inherit both the
+                <filename>autotools</filename> and <filename>pkgconfig</filename>
+                classes:
+                <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     inherit autotools pkgconfig
+                </literallayout>
             </para>
         </section>
     </section>