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[3/6] ref-manual/variables.rst: update PKGDATA_DIR's description

Message ID 20260408-staging_and_packaging_vars-v1-3-387f482308e5@gmail.com
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Adam Blank April 8, 2026, 1:05 p.m. UTC 
Don't refer to it as temporary. Update the default value.

Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
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 documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 8 +++-----
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index e11294c6b..7d3aa8ccf 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -7493,19 +7493,17 @@  system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated
       during the packaging process. During the packaging process, the
       :ref:`ref-tasks-packagedata` task packages data
-      for each recipe and installs it into this temporary, shared area.
+      for each recipe and installs it into this shared area.
       This directory defaults to the following, which you should not
       change::
 
-         ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/pkgdata
+         ${TMPDIR}/pkgdata/${MACHINE}
 
       For examples of how this data is used, see the
       ":ref:`overview-manual/concepts:automatically added runtime dependencies`"
       section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual and the
       ":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing package information with ``oe-pkgdata-util```"
-      section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. For more
-      information on the shared, global-state directory, see
-      :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`.
+      section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
 
    :term:`PKGDEST`
       Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they