From 3d986317d13b5d3f62c9da9df0d4d13d655600e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:35:36 +0100 Subject: dev-manual: packages: need enough free space Enough free storage space is needed to apply package upgrades. (From yocto-docs rev: 0ccb6570c8ae50f2f40b3634a9798a10fd20811d) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman --- documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst index d90ff7110e..a6e6af0de7 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst @@ -612,6 +612,13 @@ subsequent sections are necessary to configure the target. You should set these variables before building the image in order to produce a correctly configured image. +.. note:: + + Your image will need enough free storage space to run package upgrades, + especially if many of them need to be downloaded at the same time. + You should make sure images are created with enough free space + by setting the :term:`IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE` variable. + When your build is complete, your packages reside in the ``${TMPDIR}/deploy/packageformat`` directory. For example, if ``${``\ :term:`TMPDIR`\ ``}`` is -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf