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[v3] overview-manual/yp-intro.rst: update on-target packaging info

Message ID acbe686e-f104-d46c-585b-418188efe6e8@crashcourse.ca
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Robert P. J. Day Oct. 24, 2025, 4:13 p.m. UTC
- drop references to obsolete tar packaging format
  - add references to apt and dpkg utilities for .deb packaging
  - add reference to alternative "dnf" .rpm packaging

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

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diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst
index 8fa17b191..85583567e 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst
@@ -174,11 +174,12 @@  Here are challenges you might encounter when developing using the Yocto Project:
    changes on the development system within the BitBake environment and
    then deploying only the updated packages to the target.

-   The Yocto Project :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System`
-   produces packages
-   in standard formats (i.e. RPM, DEB, IPK, and TAR). You can deploy
-   these packages into the running system on the target by using
-   utilities on the target such as ``rpm`` or ``ipk``.
+   The Yocto Project :term:`OpenEmbedded Build System` produces packages
+   in standard formats (i.e. RPM, DEB and/or IPK). If you included
+   :ref:`runtime package management<dev-manual/packages:using runtime package management>`
+   in your image, you can deploy these packages into the running system on the target
+   by using the corresponding utilities on the target such as
+   ``rpm``/``dnf``, ``dpkg``/``apt`` or ``opkg``.

 -  *Initial Build Times Can be Significant:* Long initial build times
    are unfortunately unavoidable due to the large number of packages