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@@ -4160,12 +4160,16 @@
<glossentry id='var-FILES'><glossterm>FILES</glossterm>
<info>
- FILES[doc] = "The list of directories or files that are placed in packages."
+ FILES[doc] = "The list of directories or files that are placed in a package."
</info>
<glossdef>
<para role="glossdeffirst">
<!-- <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
- The list of directories or files that are placed in packages.
+ The list of files and directories that are placed in a
+ package.
+ The
+ <link linkend='var-PACKAGES'><filename>PACKAGES</filename></link>
+ variable lists the packages generated by a recipe.
</para>
<para>
@@ -4176,7 +4180,7 @@
resulting package.
Here is an example:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/mydir1/ ${bindir}/mydir2/myfile"
+ FILES_${PN} += "${bindir}/mydir1 ${bindir}/mydir2/myfile"
</literallayout>
</para>