From patchwork Fri Oct 24 10:58:30 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: 72960 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 3E3F6CCD1AB for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.7306.1761303356145045388 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 03:55:56 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=EYDGEfsU; 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=QQiEhx8ade7i8JjwQWGmKCPOGkvpLKI7UESW/mMv5aA=; b=EYDGEfsUYsCzCbl9kj5bLwcWI1 42oOe/8Ft78ZAtEyGYxEE5JrbUNnGwNCxXRR19DmKEfnfZn2imR+wKNpMPgsWtu4kIztJpiiKfSzB J0ov13ncJBnB7qc8qn0ZO30Wy5QJkN8xxWHzlsT+ZZZPdo3hgobhJfqyCU4RVXlV2E9NR92A7SMG+ D0oUU6nbbgOYGfhUz9bS2NvP6CBfOueIwSTBa6fnRDD1jylSOEDJ3zM9iLgcU67SxRquBRwntuYEY +oimkeeKmhsQczpL6bUKfRriNbvb3zkF6u/UZt2z5tTxr9Zr+zv0PfgBwZqov69CzQOU4XrkDnuq0 K5Vsf+/A==; Received: from [147.129.179.166] (port=59388 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vCFSY-0000000G1hw-3TUe for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:55:54 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:58:30 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] 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 10:56:00 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/7813 - drop references to obsolete tar packaging format - add reference to on-target "apt" utility for .deb 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..ed50aff93 100644 --- a/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst +++ b/documentation/overview-manual/yp-intro.rst @@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ 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 the + "package management" feature 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``, ``apt`` or ``opkg``. - *Initial Build Times Can be Significant:* Long initial build times are unfortunately unavoidable due to the large number of packages