From b90aaa6b65a97f1045599722ba4f929616b34ceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:04:46 +0200
Subject: ref-manual/variables.rst: add manpage links for toolchain variables

Use the :manpage: role to provide links to common toolchain utilities.

Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>
(From yocto-docs rev: f021874bff4e7d30419371564fef41fcfd6d6976)

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
(cherry picked from commit 7023e5f176efde05a6798476712c8a4e006a6b0d)
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 63a094413c..ab41482988 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       information on how this variable is used.
 
    :term:`AR`
-      The minimal command and arguments used to run ``ar``.
+      The minimal command and arguments used to run :manpage:`ar <ar(1)>`.
 
    :term:`ARCHIVER_MODE`
       When used with the :ref:`ref-classes-archiver` class,
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       ``meta/classes/archiver.bbclass`` file in the :term:`Source Directory`.
 
    :term:`AS`
-      Minimal command and arguments needed to run the assembler.
+      Minimal command and arguments needed to run the :manpage:`assembler
+      <as(1)>`.
 
    :term:`ASSUME_PROVIDED`
       Lists recipe names (:term:`PN` values) BitBake does not
@@ -4995,7 +4996,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       ``LAYERVERSION_mylayer``).
 
    :term:`LD`
-      The minimal command and arguments used to run the linker.
+      The minimal command and arguments used to run the :manpage:`linker
+      <ld(1)>`.
 
    :term:`LDFLAGS`
       Specifies the flags to pass to the linker. This variable is exported
@@ -5601,7 +5603,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       variable is set.
 
    :term:`NM`
-      The minimal command and arguments to run ``nm``.
+      The minimal command and arguments to run :manpage:`nm <nm(1)>`.
 
    :term:`NO_GENERIC_LICENSE`
       Avoids QA errors when you use a non-common, non-CLOSED license in a
@@ -5690,10 +5692,10 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
           NVDCVE_API_KEY = "fe753&7a2-1427-347d-23ff-b2e2b7ca5f3"
 
    :term:`OBJCOPY`
-      The minimal command and arguments to run ``objcopy``.
+      The minimal command and arguments to run :manpage:`objcopy <objcopy(1)>`.
 
    :term:`OBJDUMP`
-      The minimal command and arguments to run ``objdump``.
+      The minimal command and arguments to run :manpage:`objdump <objdump(1)>`.
 
    :term:`OE_BINCONFIG_EXTRA_MANGLE`
       When inheriting the :ref:`ref-classes-binconfig` class,
@@ -6975,7 +6977,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          QA_EMPTY_DIRS_RECOMMENDATION:/dev = "but all devices must be created at runtime"
 
    :term:`RANLIB`
-      The minimal command and arguments to run ``ranlib``.
+      The minimal command and arguments to run :manpage:`ranlib <ranlib(1)>`.
 
    :term:`RCONFLICTS`
       The list of packages that conflict with packages. Note that packages
@@ -8718,8 +8720,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       places stamps. The default directory is ``${TMPDIR}/stamps``.
 
    :term:`STRIP`
-      The minimal command and arguments to run ``strip``, which is used to
-      strip symbols.
+      The minimal command and arguments to run :manpage:`strip <strip(1)>`,
+      which is used to strip symbols.
 
    :term:`SUMMARY`
       The short (72 characters or less) summary of the binary package for
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