[yocto] dev manual explanation for "additional software" seems misleading

[Rifenbark, Scott M]

Reworded to better describe this. 

Scott

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>From: yocto-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-
>bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Robert P. J. Day
>Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 2:26 AM
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>Subject: [yocto] dev manual explanation for "additional software" seems
>misleading
>
>
>  here:
>
>http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/dev-manual/dev-
>manual.html#usingpoky-extend-customimage-custombb
>
>one reads:
>
>"One way to get additional software into an image is to create a custom
>image. The following example shows the form for the two lines you need:
>
>     IMAGE_INSTALL = "packagegroup-core-x11-base package1 package2"
>
>     inherit core-image
>
>  but that's not really *adding* software to an image, is it? it's totally
>redefining the contents of an image through the use of setting
>IMAGE_INSTALL to *exactly* what you want the image to have, is it not?
>it seems like that explanation has the potential for misunderstanding.
>
>rday
>
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