[YOCTO #5408] The developer's manual should only refer to functionality which is available in oe-core. Currently, this passage requires the user to add a package from, and use facilities of, meta-oe. This fix describes how to use facilities in oe-core to the same end.
Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <trevor.woer...@linaro.org> --- .../dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 32 +++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index cf188aa..5a4ff3c 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -3996,31 +3996,19 @@ <para> As a way of making it easier to generate and make these IPK configuration files available on your - target, the <filename>meta-oe</filename> layer - provides a recipe called - <filename>distro-feed-configs</filename>, which - provides a package by the same name. - When you include this package into your image, it will - automatically generate and include a set of - <filename>*.conf</filename> files in the image's - <filename>/etc/opkg</filename> directory that will - provide your target's <filename>opkg</filename> - tool with any and all package databases your build will - generate. - The only catch is that this recipe cannot possibly - imagine your server's DNS name/IP address. - Consequently, somewhere in your configuration you need - to set a variable called - <filename>DISTRO_FEED_URI</filename> to point + target, simply define + <filename>FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI</filename> to point to your server and the location within the - document-root that contains the databases. - For example: if you are serving your packages over HTTP, - your server's IP address is 192.168.7.1, and your - databases are located in a directory called + document-root which contains the databases. + For example: if you are serving your packages over + HTTP, your server's IP address is 192.168.7.1, and + your databases are located in a directory called <filename>BOARD-dir</filename> underneath your HTTP server's document-root, you need to set - <filename>DISTRO_FEED_URI</filename> to - <filename>http://192.168.7.1/BOARD-dir</filename>. + <filename>FEED_DEPLOYDIR_BASE_URI</filename> to + <filename>http://192.168.7.1/BOARD-dir</filename> and + a set of configuration files will be generated for you + in your target to work with this feed. </para> <para> -- 1.8.1.2 _______________________________________________ yocto mailing list yocto@yoctoproject.org https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto