From patchwork Fri Oct 24 16:13:58 2025 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: 72982 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 2BF6FCCF9E0 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:11:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.15717.1761322286700780243 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:11:27 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=EA3jlaMt; 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=j7eOZTgFqZy28RQ81NzpFTUXGBlddsXfnWGmRNn3KpQ=; b=EA3jlaMtV8L+7NI+eo4ltYOsq0 RUZrF0ur/6+UO6y0wKDN+ZL3j7RHFtKGuanmFWMRpfCRRWwS6X/0wOFIdNwxkm6ROT2l0xG/U+qAs 0y82JEZD6P02gKxI8Sg8H/GJjR7i3FesIyCxQVLHoaaEJhE+9LCCqQ58mltzec7dBPf6ZPEMKS9df PXoWRjVR58yXzR8lV+VDdgU36/V3Dhw3/kEgPW8BexprOroXTBgYdVrOk/jPvto8ohzH+bKHpTXFh A9kQ+qL6pMTJhwHr3lLjnXmwYGYcNCOtLRBnGAS/Dzp5Z34jDbWyGdpjunX58G0P1fSNO2wF7qYmX XkaVxrAQ==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:59248 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vCKNt-0000000GrgW-1Keg for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:11:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:13:58 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH v3] overview-manual/yp-intro.rst: update on-target packaging info Message-ID: 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 li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:11:32 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7835 - 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 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` + 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