From patchwork Thu Jan 5 17:51:20 2023 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Michael Opdenacker X-Patchwork-Id: 17778 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 272D3C3DA7A for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:51:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay2-d.mail.gandi.net (relay2-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.194]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.767.1672941084839608918 for ; Thu, 05 Jan 2023 09:51:25 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=gm1 header.b=BPfDnA0j; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 217.70.183.194, mailfrom: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) Received: (Authenticated sender: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com) by mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E2C4740006; Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:51:22 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=gm1; t=1672941083; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=jEB0qwuhBTr2/R0EsZKnw9G/jWm2IxtEpc8Qw6YF9kQ=; b=BPfDnA0jDt3Bvt3IsbVwIS9lXPUEWlLFEJWvOU6mYbOXk78F7NB3QoYj1+Qo16rOEFwkyo JnAQDThsC7wZGPlkVs/WE9htjA/HQ/SqmQipyEEN5Qp4NQQznw0BKKam85wp2VA/lFqYZl uP/ApNBB6UcffYz2l1WDdeqVg5cU9T/K0WkWkvN161xCepUHchRj0Shy4hi7lUT0u/w02E YtDjKgm6zFIP7eZ/R8g51MCGgjmu1j9FNZpJ7iu84Rx2ShWEJRyT8UYWHWG1tIyLhxZZCs N+UcxMshmWhrot6VhaqjOvKb8pqsFjomO3NzNKWWk15ylg2YUjACRiEda5D4OA== From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Cc: Michael Opdenacker , Alexander Kanavin Subject: [PATCH v2] ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: recommend buildtools for not supported distros Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 18:51:20 +0100 Message-Id: <20230105175120.2335959-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.37.2 In-Reply-To: <173778D3340DBDFF.2132@lists.yoctoproject.org> References: <173778D3340DBDFF.2132@lists.yoctoproject.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 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 ; Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:51:32 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/3597 From: Michael Opdenacker Also minor correction to supported distribution notes Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin --- Changes in V2: - Add reference to the section explaining how to get buildtools --- documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst index 1f9b3b1b58..3cd0894687 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst @@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ and conceptual information in the :doc:`/overview-manual/index`. Supported Linux Distributions ============================= -Currently, the Yocto Project is supported on the following -distributions: +Currently, the Yocto Project is supported on the following distributions: - Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS) @@ -71,7 +70,13 @@ distributions: has no plans to support rolling-releases or development distributions due to their constantly changing nature. We welcome patches and bug reports, but keep in mind that our priority is on - the supported platforms listed below. + the supported platforms listed above. + + - If your Linux distribution is not in the above list, we recommend to + get the :term:`buildtools` or :term:`buildtools-extended` tarballs + containing the host tools required by your Yocto Project release, + typically by running ``scripts/install-buildtools`` as explained in + the ":ref:`system-requirements-buildtools`" section. - You may use Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 to set up a build host using Windows 10 or later, or Windows Server 2019 or later, but validation