ref-manual: Updated the PACKAGES variable description

Fixes [YOCTO #10294]

Provided text noting that if packages in the PACKAGES list are
empty are not generated, unless generation is forced through
the ALLOW_EMPTY variable.

(From yocto-docs rev: 1c89e0edf7e038f733b9b95bb884648d953b9574)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <srifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Scott Rifenbark 2016-09-21 14:26:06 -07:00 committed by Richard Purdie
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@ -9297,6 +9297,18 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
for more than one package in <filename>PACKAGES</filename>,
it will be assigned to the earliest (leftmost) package.
</para>
<para>
Packages in the variable's list that are empty (i.e. where
none of the patterns in
<filename>FILES_</filename><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
match any files installed by the
<link linkend='ref-tasks-install'><filename>do_install</filename></link>
task) are not generated, unless generation is forced through
the
<link linkend='var-ALLOW_EMPTY'><filename>ALLOW_EMPTY</filename></link>
variable.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>