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| author |   Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> | 2010-03-18 23:47:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com> | 2010-03-18 23:47:48 +0000 |
| commit | 5b5f1ba099cbe5dbc8fb78e797eb1a7e052a3522 (patch) | |
| tree | c0b1631a3e7917702c1be33e1e5dc315ef339e44 /handbook | |
| parent | b3f5e554d037bb1f9847eb9caece669f46bce942 (diff) | |
| download | openembedded-core-contrib-5b5f1ba099cbe5dbc8fb78e797eb1a7e052a3522.tar.gz | |
handbook: Add a section on extending images using packages
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | handbook/extendpoky.xml | 13 |
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diff --git a/handbook/extendpoky.xml b/handbook/extendpoky.xml index fa789d4afb..df6441fad5 100644 --- a/handbook/extendpoky.xml +++ b/handbook/extendpoky.xml @@ -711,6 +711,19 @@ BBFILE_PRIORITY_extras = "5"</literallayout> circumstances. </para> </section> + + <section id='usingpoky-changes-updatingimages'> + <title>Updating Existing Images</title> + + <para> + Often, rather than reflashing a new image you might wish to install updated + packages into an existing running system. This can be done by sharing the <filename class="directory">tmp/deploy/ipk/</filename> directory through a web server and then on the device, changing <filename>/etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf</filename> to point at this server, for example by adding: + </para> + <literallayout class='monospaced'> +src/gz all http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/all +src/gz armv7a http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/armv7a +src/gz beagleboard http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/beagleboard</literallayout> + </section> </section> <section id='usingpoky-modifing-packages'> |