@@ -4947,8 +4947,7 @@ the x32 psABI. Here is an example::
Enabling GObject Introspection Support
======================================
-`GObject
-introspection <https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GObjectIntrospection>`__
+`GObject introspection <https://gi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`__
is the standard mechanism for accessing GObject-based software from
runtime environments. GObject is a feature of the GLib library that
provides an object framework for the GNOME desktop and related software.
@@ -4960,7 +4959,7 @@ introspection is the only way to do it.
This section describes the Yocto Project support for generating and
packaging GObject introspection data. GObject introspection data is a
-description of the API provided by libraries built on top of GLib
+description of the API provided by libraries built on top of the GLib
framework, and, in particular, that framework's GObject mechanism.
GObject Introspection Repository (GIR) files go to ``-dev`` packages,
``typelib`` files go to main packages as they are packaged together with
@@ -5006,7 +5005,7 @@ library package involves the following:
.. note::
See recipes in the ``oe-core`` repository that use that
- ``GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH`` variable as an example.
+ :term:`GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH` variable as an example.
4. Look for any other errors, which probably mean that introspection
support in a package is not entirely standard, and thus breaks down
@@ -2667,6 +2667,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
:term:`GDB`
The minimal command and arguments to run the GNU Debugger.
+ :term:`GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH`
+ Allows to specify an extra search path for ``.so`` files
+ in GLib related recipes using GObject introspection,
+ and which do not compile without this setting.
+ See the ":ref:`dev-manual/common-tasks:enabling gobject introspection support`"
+ section for details.
+
:term:`GITDIR`
The directory in which a local copy of a Git repository is stored
when it is cloned.
Fixes [YOCTO #14533] Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> --- documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 7 +++---- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)