From patchwork Tue Feb 24 12:17:59 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: 81698 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 DE208E9B258 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:15:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.18969.1771935344641169982 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:15:45 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=I/IN+8PD; 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=0mPwi7eodPALmIc9o16YHxTbsIW3FLYXwQ6SdG3QnHI=; b=I/IN+8PD6OAjiVi93ApwT8Og2O FUJUmeaoCVW6Byx2RyybwnCuMo9xKf6+6m/BQ15DPldxAP429SzCQzxCZ0DA3g6UYiEyf6176bj1V wsIhNYj2aEsardY5GsIV4iAuwO5z4GPFnr4B4I7lM2sRc8yGDHN32y2ADjIJRofkyAz21D0OIjXdc YNmkShknLzw//xQsCLHdPexzaYlzJe3UDqZJn1fSaEEXYGmifH2iTlBWJsIo0IBHjuRCSRIsxkqpT Kn/S7q8KTHo2UYjpmMVc3s8b7UqDlFDuexxIHT8j/HwgRXx5ra9HkG1rYiM8QFXdYgwgRJAvHj8sq KpqS/r6g==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:47514 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.1) (envelope-from ) id 1vurKJ-00000003E2r-25J9 for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:15:43 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:17:59 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] variables.rst: expand explanation of RSUGGESTS Message-ID: <1ee12fbd-a5c7-7b14-a558-cd6dda9e539e@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 ; Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:15:49 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/8966 Add that the RSUGGESTS variable would be processed only by a supporting package manager when installing packages from a package feed. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index 208b5e43d..92476d509 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -8361,7 +8361,9 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. :term:`RSUGGESTS` A list of additional packages that you can suggest for installation by the package manager at the time a package is installed. Not all - package managers support this functionality. + package managers support this functionality. This feature takes effect + only when the package manager is being used to install packages on + the target system from a package feed. As with all package-controlling variables, you must always use this variable in conjunction with a package name override. Here is an