From patchwork Fri May 22 16:21:45 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 88627 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 3B33CCD5BB3 for ; Fri, 22 May 2026 16:18:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.20357.1779466697538169395 for ; Fri, 22 May 2026 09:18:17 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=xrBgnPtW; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=yfZ7XqnTtgGnFOZU28aWcs7KeouZpTnxWLd7spOFgWU=; b=xrBgnPtWz732ZbLfFfTLKk2Nyp bb/BVuWd7oll8CtapVBdFp1I5ZATqX042HAkSQqDViD04MPd0rlRay0R9zZwRo1wVjNMmArC1wYnx iGLnrqHElNZxfvIcokOzqG/2+Lus2bGueXRyISImeXYUrJ+ZyqQih5U9XmThLT3VDx0RJxK9PhuAy R491yNEwt7MyOLKbSk82XZyn2anD6q+X8YhoEfgTDSWd+ug5FDhMW4NkF21GpK4pUQb5A2N5zwuhu lWJRTby9EWiJTD83I0j6C/gHDxSuxMDHk5KZUx44X+9FrQs5QbN6u3EYgwDA9uNVJ1PDBMAAbhiQs rOhs2wlA==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:43990 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wQSZi-00000005o4m-2yQI for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Fri, 22 May 2026 12:18:15 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 12:21:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH v2] ref-manual: clarify that PACKAGE_EXCLUDE supports DEB packaging Message-ID: <3faa7374-9428-5882-2862-861454dd0b49@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Fri, 22 May 2026 16:18:22 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9528 As an accompaniment to earlier commit 0d05dedd62a6d4c726f120a23654ede1f0b23d8e, correct that the PACKAGE_EXCLUDE variable supports the DEB packaging backend. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- sorry, forgot the word "variable" diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index c65794229..2773e9864 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -6927,8 +6927,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. an iterative development process to remove specific components from a system. - This variable is supported only when using the IPK and RPM - packaging backends. DEB is not supported. + This variable is supported by all of the RPM, DEB and IPK + packaging backends. See the :term:`NO_RECOMMENDATIONS` and the :term:`BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS` variables for