From patchwork Thu Jan 5 15:20:10 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 17774 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E5E0C3DA7A for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2023 15:20:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net (relay10.mail.gandi.net [217.70.178.230]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.15372.1672932016550407684 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2023 07:20:16 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=VJnJwsPn; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.178.230, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: (Authenticated sender: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C263240010; Thu, 5 Jan 2023 15:20:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1672932014; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=p0mvcbvtDC9bKPrYpxdozvJgsNnBAOrQZue8/zLOYxk=; b=VJnJwsPn8Hsnnmxfq8ubh6s6GkG6NCHNIBj8gZg4vi/8EiSYo/p58ieGmsrOeTfMQ2l6hf aBHE+NZAv3J5u/zT3kRVZBv5xycl/zu1y2KcV8KjPluw3Dc8ctuHyJs1d02V+7usFZzH1E jUukRx6BpXzUq+ub8TDbxjVRnckCwbOSvC17pGQo8xVoSzxEUtqz+p97bDdVALg8RAcgCp aUXf0WxRRrXMIo7py4YBMHbijrAsDM/ARLsKyiwe3OShAnDv1QGhH33HSbvGEMDkiGIwjh YT01Y0I+iyIcaj7QzyAP6C4O5Fk5qIfgg0EcLkHlTiDFWOVCUxUXbQG/A+YbTw== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker , Alexander Kanavin Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: recommend buildtools for not supported distros Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 16:20:10 +0100 Message-Id: <20230105152010.2318650-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.37.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:20:22 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/3593 From: Michael Opdenacker Also minor correction to supported distribution notes Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin --- documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst index 1f9b3b1b58..2bb813b385 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ and conceptual information in the :doc:`/overview-manual/index`. Supported Linux Distributions ============================= -Currently, the Yocto Project is supported on the following -distributions: +Currently, the Yocto Project is supported on the following distributions: - Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS) @@ -71,7 +70,11 @@ distributions: has no plans to support rolling-releases or development distributions due to their constantly changing nature. We welcome patches and bug reports, but keep in mind that our priority is on - the supported platforms listed below. + the supported platforms listed above. + + - If your Linux distribution is not in the above list, we recommend to + get the :term:`buildtools` or :term:`buildtools-extended` tarballs + containing the host tools required by your Yocto Project release. - You may use Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 to set up a build host using Windows 10 or later, or Windows Server 2019 or later, but validation