ref-manual/ref: Add entry for why binaries are changed in images

Submitted by Richard Purdie on Oct. 28, 2020, 11:31 a.m. | Patch ID: 177617

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Message ID 20201028113129.173789-1-richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org
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Richard Purdie Oct. 28, 2020, 11:31 a.m. 
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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 documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst | 11 +++++++++++
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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst
index 7a1614028..c602a137c 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/faq.rst
@@ -451,3 +451,14 @@  variant. For another example, permissions errors might be caused by a
 Makefile that ignores ``DESTDIR`` or uses a different name for that
 environment variable. Check the the build system to see if these kinds
 of issues exist.
+
+**Q:** I'm adding a binary in a recipe but its different in the image, what is
+changing it?
+
+**A:** The first most obvious change is the system stripping debug symbols from
+it. Setting :term:`INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP` to stop debug symbols being stripped and/or
+:term:`INHIBIT_PACKAGE_DEBUG_SPLIT` to stop debug symbols being split into a separate
+file will ensure the binary is unchanged. The other less obvious thing that can
+happen is prelinking of the image. This is set by default in local.conf via
+:term:`USER_CLASSES` which can contain 'image-prelink'. If you remove that, the
+image will not be prelinked meaning the binaries would be unchanged.