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| author |   Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2014-07-25 08:35:24 +0300 |
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| committer |   Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2014-07-25 09:18:17 +0100 |
| commit | 686037ce16395533325717d9a8dc1c49ff5b39e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ad1003f3af3751ca433cb7b1328290a171ca77e /documentation | |
| parent | 8f52c69183a6c2b50ed470c27383697ebc38efef (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-686037ce16395533325717d9a8dc1c49ff5b39e9.tar.gz | |
ref-manual: Updated note in the "CentOS Packages" section.
We want to encourage installation of the buildtools tarball for
getting the most up-to-date packages on this build host.
(From yocto-docs rev: 5298737a5ad579ea5097221d2ef5a0f388ebff6c)
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/ref-manual/introduction.xml | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml index 7e246b1e46..6a5937bdb1 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml @@ -310,11 +310,17 @@ <para> The following list shows the required packages by function given a supported CentOS Linux distribution: - <note>Depending on the CentOS version you are using, other requirements - and dependencies might exist. - For details, you should look at the CentOS sections on the - <ulink url='https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Poky/GettingStarted/Dependencies'>Poky/GettingStarted/Dependencies</ulink> - wiki page. + <note> + For CentOS 6.x, some of the versions of the components + provided by the distribution are too old (e.g. Git, Python, + and tar). + It is recommended that you install the buildtools in order + to provide versions that will work with the OpenEmbedded + build system. + For information on how to install the buildtools tarball, + see the + "<link linkend='required-git-tar-and-python-versions'>Required Git, Tar, and Python Versions</link>" + section. </note> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><emphasis>Essentials:</emphasis> |