From patchwork Fri Jul 25 10:02:13 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: 67459 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 805A0C87FCE for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.16024.1753437740857834872 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2025 03:02:21 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=0Q5aoIQj; 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=AqBADC3dkrqADmzC8wQiAWT1HRk4TqlxEIZV3ypzK9Y=; b=0Q5aoIQjxzDneaCtecyIYEbV8b HLnefp5lxtJzpY9C5MxsKVNGzCgXEqqVWiNk5+dLvkdIycar0fq0kyqK3eb9k3iV4dOKFiAvzT2l9 x3i79qlbqo2ykhtq53B/L1+oJBkfGmjPM50k4wYYdVSDdrmrkTAveFIr+KX2/VpbePKBIt2p1RUQo tkwsL/c5WVVFj1OpBiEyL5Y/Axg6RrriolwqsrzliIRv0eG73NNvlCz0kObb5U6OmUR505FZLc+IR Hg4kuTbg696EDT2bkaWsDUoCTVGkBBIb5rmtYdrblpOWsbMgMAn3RTo1RJ36gB1rm6c5uS1+dZtTq UqPn8Y8g==; Received: from pool-174-114-102-5.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.114.102.5]:40382 helo=asus) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1ufFFo-00000000YRN-1TjZ for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:02:19 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:02:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] variables.rst: remove references to obsolete tar packaging Message-ID: <26fc08c0-b3ba-dbd1-af40-6de560fc8769@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 li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:02:24 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7384 The tar packaging format was removed some time ago. Also, add some minor grammatical tweaking. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index d079e4b59..7e4f7e58a 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -4242,13 +4242,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. variable. :term:`IMAGE_PKGTYPE` - Defines the package type (i.e. DEB, RPM, IPK, or TAR) used by the + Defines the package type (i.e. DEB, RPM or IPK) used by the OpenEmbedded build system. The variable is defined appropriately by - the :ref:`ref-classes-package_deb`, :ref:`ref-classes-package_rpm`, - or :ref:`ref-classes-package_ipk` class. + one of the :ref:`ref-classes-package_deb`, :ref:`ref-classes-package_rpm`, + or :ref:`ref-classes-package_ipk` classes. The :ref:`ref-classes-populate-sdk-*` and :ref:`ref-classes-image` - classes use the :term:`IMAGE_PKGTYPE` for packaging up images and SDKs. + classes use the :term:`IMAGE_PKGTYPE` for packaging images and SDKs. You should not set the :term:`IMAGE_PKGTYPE` manually. Rather, the variable is set indirectly through the appropriate @@ -4257,12 +4257,6 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. OpenEmbedded build system uses the first package type (e.g. DEB, RPM, or IPK) that appears with the variable - .. note:: - - Files using the ``.tar`` format are never used as a substitute - packaging format for DEB, RPM, and IPK formatted files for your image - or SDK. - :term:`IMAGE_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND` Specifies a list of functions to call once the OpenEmbedded build system creates the final image output files. You can specify