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documentation/poky-ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: updated RDEPENDS 

Per Paul Eggleton's suggestion I updated the description of this
variable.  Some minor wording changes as well as covering two
automatic handling features.

(From yocto-docs rev: 15be3502ca20f657051e02d698b459328328fb14)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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This enables the package to run correctly. This enables the package to run correctly.
For example, consider a Perl script, which depends on the Perl package. For example, consider a Perl script, which depends on the Perl package.
Since this variable applies to Since this variable applies to
output packages, there would usually be an override attached output packages, there should always be an override attached
to this variable such as <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>. to this variable specifying the runtime package to which to add the
dependency (e.g. <filename>RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev</filename>).
Names in this field must appear as they appear in the Names in this field must appear as they appear in the
<filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename> namespace before any <filename><link linkend='var-PACKAGES'>PACKAGES</link></filename> namespace before any
renaming of the output package by classes like <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>. renaming of the output package by classes like <filename>debian.bbclass</filename>.
</para> </para>
<para>
Some automatic handling occurs around the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>
variable:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>shlibdeps</filename></emphasis>: If a runtime
package contains a shared library (<filename>.so</filename>), the build
processes the library in order to determine other libraries to which it
is dynamically linked.
The build process adds these libraries to <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>
to create the runtime package.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis><filename>pcdeps</filename></emphasis>: If the package
ships a <filename>pkg-config</filename> information file, the build process
uses this file to add items to the <filename>RDEPENDS</filename>
variable to create the runtime packages.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>