From: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com
To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
Cc: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: packages: need enough free space
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:36:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240221213655.106996-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> (raw)
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Enough free storage space is needed to apply package upgrades.
Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
---
documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
index 0e991e409a..6c208555e0 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ subsequent sections are necessary to configure the target. You should
set these variables before building the image in order to produce a
correctly configured image.
+.. note::
+
+ Your image will need enough free storage space to run package upgrades,
+ especially if many of them need to be downloaded at the same time.
+ You should make sure images are created with enough free space
+ by setting the :term:`IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE` variable.
+
When your build is complete, your packages reside in the
``${TMPDIR}/deploy/packageformat`` directory. For example, if
``${``\ :term:`TMPDIR`\ ``}`` is
--
2.34.1
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