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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2013-05-07 17:33:52 +0300 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-05-22 17:23:39 +0100 |
| commit | b637518909f454a88b946de4eae3720efe3b8647 (patch) | |
| tree | c1b592110632a25a677e4cb623761bef8d2f5148 /documentation | |
| parent | 3fd21c7df3deff038ba03ae22f890ca5761b955c (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-b637518909f454a88b946de4eae3720efe3b8647.tar.gz | |
dev-manual: Created new section to remove packaging requirements
Fixes YOCTO #1706
Added a new subsection to the section that talks about making
a tiny system. The subject matter fits in with reducing a
kernel image size.
(From yocto-docs rev: 51eb79b88794beaefcb88a4408714a88c9126b2b)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index e6696319ec..9e8ee73fe0 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -2804,6 +2804,44 @@ </para> </section> + <section id='remove-package-management-requirements'> + <title>Remove Package Management Requirements</title> + + <para> + Packaging requirements add size to the kernel. + One way to reduce the size of the kernel is to remove all the + packaging requirements from the image. + This reduction includes removing the package manager as well + as its dependencies. + </para> + + <para> + To eliminate all the packaging requirements for an image, + follow these steps: + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>Put the following line in your main + recipe for the image to remove packaging files: + <literallayout class='monospaced'> + ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ; + </literallayout> + For example, the recipe for the + <filename>core-image-minimal</filename> image contains + this line. + You can also add the line to the + <filename>local.conf</filename> configuration file. + </para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Be sure that "package-management" is not + part of your + <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-IMAGE_FEATURES'><filename>IMAGE_FEATURES</filename></ulink> + statement for the image. + When you remove this feature, you are removing the + package manager as well as its dependencies + from the root filesystem. + </para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + </para> + </section> + <section id='look-for-other-ways-to-minimize-size'> <title>Look for Other Ways to Minimize Size</title> |