ref-manual: Edits to the IMAGE_PKGTYPE variable.

Added a note at the bottom clearly stating TAR files are never
used as a substitute for RPM, DEB, or IPK files when generating
your image or SDK.

(From yocto-docs rev: 8d45ac58926de4fb01156eccd53cfa0f3eca4d9d)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 1144823779..110368c484 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2708,6 +2708,11 @@
                     variable.
                     The OpenEmbedded build system uses the first package type
                     (e.g. DEB, RPM, or IPK) that appears with the variable
+                    <note>
+                        Files using the <filename>.tar</filename> format are
+                        never used as a substitute packaging format for DEB,
+                        RPM, and IPK formatted files for your image or SDK.
+                    </note>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>