ref-manual: Updated SSTATE_SCAN_FILES variable description

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Signed-off-by: Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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<para role="glossdeffirst">
<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
Controls the list of files the OpenEmbedded build system
scans for hardcoded installation paths.
scans for hardcoded installation paths. The variable uses a
space-separated list of filenames (not paths) with standard
wildcard characters allowed.
</para>
<para>
During a build, the OpenEmbedded build system creates a
shared state (sstate) object during the first stage of
preparing the sysroots.
During the build, the object is scanned for hardcoded paths
for original installation locations.
preparing the sysroots. That object is scanned for
hardcoded paths for original installation locations.
The list of files that are scanned for paths is controlled
by the <filename>SSTATE_SCAN_FILES</filename> variable.
Typically, recipes add files they want to be scanned to the
value of <filename>SSTATE_SCAN_FILES</filename> rather than
the variable being comprehensively set. The
<link linkend='ref-classes-sstate'><filename>sstate</filename></link>
class specifies the default list of files.
</para>
<para>