[2/3] manuals: replace "_" by "__" in external links

diff --git a/documentation/boilerplate.rst b/documentation/boilerplate.rst
index 9b64d91efd..ad7bb64956 100644
--- a/documentation/boilerplate.rst
+++ b/documentation/boilerplate.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ 
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
 terms of the `Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales
-<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/>`_ as published by Creative
+<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/>`__ as published by Creative
 Commons.
 
 To report any inaccuracies or problems with this (or any other Yocto Project)
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
index 53e7686633..c3defa0766 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst
@@ -7547,9 +7547,8 @@  NPM packages:
 -  Of the two methods that you can use ``devtool`` to create NPM
    packages, the registry approach is slightly simpler. However, you
    might consider the project approach because you do not have to
-   publish your module in the NPM registry
-   (`npm-registry <https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/registry>`_), which
-   is NPM's public registry.
+   publish your module in the `NPM registry <https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/registry>`__,
+   which is NPM's public registry.
 
 -  Be familiar with
    :doc:`devtool </ref-manual/devtool-reference>`.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index 1880e44486..a1c563f308 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@  is supported by ``overlayfs``. This has to be done in your machine configuration
   * QA checks fail to catch file existence if you redefine this variable in your recipe!
   * Only the existence of the systemd mount unit file is checked, not its contents.
   * To get more details on ``overlayfs``, its internals and supported operations, please refer
-    to the official documentation of the `Linux kernel <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/overlayfs.html>`_.
+    to the official documentation of the `Linux kernel <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/overlayfs.html>`__.
 
 The class assumes you have a ``data.mount`` systemd unit defined elsewhere in your BSP
 (e.g. in ``systemd-machine-units`` recipe) and it's installed into the image.
@@ -2485,7 +2485,7 @@  build systems based on ``setuptools`` (e.g. only have a ``setup.py`` and have
 not migrated to the official ``pyproject.toml`` format). Unlike
 ``setuptools3.bbclass``, this uses the traditional ``setup.py`` ``build`` and
 ``install`` commands and not wheels. This use of ``setuptools`` like this is
-`deprecated <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/main/CHANGES.rst#v5830>`_
+`deprecated <https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/blob/main/CHANGES.rst#v5830>`__
 but still relatively common.
 
 .. _ref-classes-setuptools3-base:
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
index 1e3f718a8f..1a2c055591 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/terms.rst
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@  universal, the list includes them just in case:
       be included independently in your project's ``bblayers.conf`` file.
 
       In some cases, such as with OpenEmbedded's
-      `meta-openembedded <https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded>`_
+      `meta-openembedded <https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded>`__
       layer, the top level ``meta-openembedded/`` directory is not itself an actual layer,
       so you would never explicitly include it in a ``bblayers.conf`` file;
       rather, you would include any number of its layer subdirectories, such as
-      `meta-openembedded/meta-oe <https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/tree/master/meta-oe>`_,
-      `meta-openembedded/meta-python <https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/tree/master/meta-python>`_
+      `meta-openembedded/meta-oe <https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/tree/master/meta-oe>`__,
+      `meta-openembedded/meta-python <https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/tree/master/meta-python>`__
       and so on.
 
       On the other hand, some container layers (such as
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 71e8c272a7..59882fb158 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@  system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       software.
 
       When specifying recipe files, you can pattern match using Python's
-      `glob <https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html>`_ syntax.
+      `glob <https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html>`__ syntax.
       For details on the syntax, see the documentation by following the
       previous link.
 
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@  system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
          -  When specifying files or paths, you can pattern match using
             Python's
-            `glob <https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html>`_
+            `glob <https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html>`__
             syntax. For details on the syntax, see the documentation by
             following the previous link.
 
@@ -4943,7 +4943,7 @@  system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       See the :term:`KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD` variable for more information.
 
    :term:`module_conf`
-      Specifies `modprobe.d <https://linux.die.net/man/5/modprobe.d>`_
+      Specifies `modprobe.d <https://linux.die.net/man/5/modprobe.d>`__
       syntax lines for inclusion in the ``/etc/modprobe.d/modname.conf``
       file.
 
diff --git a/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst b/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst
index 5977366c9e..61127de23c 100644
--- a/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst
+++ b/documentation/test-manual/reproducible-builds.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@  Why it matters
 ==============
 
 The project aligns with the `Reproducible Builds project
-<https://reproducible-builds.org/>`_, which shares information about why
+<https://reproducible-builds.org/>`__, which shares information about why
 reproducibility matters. The primary focus of the project is the ability to
 detect security issues being introduced. However, from a Yocto Project
 perspective, it is also hugely important that our builds are deterministic. When