From patchwork Tue Feb 27 14:01:23 2024 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 40146 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 AAEA8C54798 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:01:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay4-d.mail.gandi.net (relay4-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.196]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.12661.1709042501884276513 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:01:42 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=UIdgZqhZ; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.196, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 713EEE000C; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:01:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1709042500; 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: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=6JK5gb1jES9Jb+UBxHrUr85C47ntva/MEU0jRsARWPg=; b=UIdgZqhZwBEl6zhx/ymdAXKIrVrFbf1iwstSsqaNsrmBm9xuiDE0EwAj9vszWxMF3s7EuI UdoCHVmCdwBDZeS2aYJsokFrxShBGBLXQ5xlEk5xbvTpQ/Lm4mCeLu0z5jiJnfN0yH2Ufe G4+MII+5i4T3rd4ZZFYj30dvDD6PNgUDGCcp2m8ZauNkJElq3FuqtJr8YqUbKHG2Gynabh VubbFgKtcJcFnVAMmpUdSaxoVSM31dheWck9LtRi7mWOGZ+MC19E5JLfcy2/lnAVQmLf1V MenNj1BbLNJ+a4PD3gH9Q+qlCqqRADLmd6ur5MaX5ojtb9HsO3UDitfK9JeURA== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker , Alexander Kanavin Subject: [kirkstone][PATCH 11/16] ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: recommend buildtools for not supported distros Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:01:23 +0100 Message-Id: <20240227140128.481522-12-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20240227140128.481522-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> References: <20240227140128.481522-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-GND-Sasl: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com 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 ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:01:51 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/4901 From: Michael Opdenacker Also minor correction to supported distribution notes Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin --- Changes in V2: - Add reference to the section explaining how to get buildtools --- documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst index 159f16fb8d..79c40046b4 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst @@ -118,7 +118,13 @@ tested on former revisions of "&DISTRO_NAME;", but no longer are: 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, + typically by running ``scripts/install-buildtools`` as explained in + the ":ref:`system-requirements-buildtools`" section. - You may use Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 to set up a build host using Windows 10, but validation is not performed against build