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       the recipe will be skipped, and if the build system attempts to build
       the recipe then an error will be triggered.
 
+   :term:`CONVERSION_CMD`
+      This variable is used for storing image conversion commands.
+      Image conversion can convert an image into different objects like:
+
+      -   Compressed version of the image
+
+      -   Checksums for the image
+
+      An example of :term:`CONVERSION_CMD` from :ref:`image-types
+      <ref-classes-image_types>` class is::
+
+         CONVERSION_CMD:lzo = "lzop -9 ${IMAGE_NAME}${IMAGE_NAME_SUFFIX}.${type}"
+
    :term:`COPY_LIC_DIRS`
       If set to "1" along with the
       :term:`COPY_LIC_MANIFEST` variable, the