From: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: detail differences between standard and extensible sysroots
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:02:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729-sdk-clarifications-v1-5-661e65201bc7@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260729-sdk-clarifications-v1-0-661e65201bc7@bootlin.com>
The sysroot in the standard and the extensible SDKs are managed
differently. Detail this in the Sysroots section.
[YOCTO #14830]
Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst b/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst
index 8ccbcfa20..2e5f73f0b 100644
--- a/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst
+++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,21 @@ sysroot is based on the target root filesystem image that is built by
the OpenEmbedded build system and uses the same metadata configuration
used to build the cross-toolchain.
+However, the extensible and standard SDKs sysroot differ in content:
+
+- The standard SDK sysroot only contains libraries and headers for the packages
+ found in the :term:`TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK` and :term:`TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK`
+ definitions, for the target and native sysroots respectively.
+
+ See :doc:`/sdk-manual/appendix-customizing-standard` to learn how to
+ customize it.
+
+- The extensible SDK sysroot is completely managed by the ``devtool``
+ command-line tool, and its content is the same as the sysroot of the image
+ recipe for which the SDK was built.
+
+ See :doc:`/sdk-manual/appendix-customizing` to learn how to customize it.
+
The QEMU Emulator
-----------------
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-29 10:02 [PATCH 0/5] Make the SDK section not specific to the eSDK Antonin Godard
2026-07-29 10:02 ` [PATCH 1/5] sdk-manual/appendix-customizing-standard.rst: use code block for bitbake assignment Antonin Godard
2026-07-30 10:14 ` [docs] " Quentin Schulz
2026-07-29 10:02 ` [PATCH 2/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: remove a confusing sentence Antonin Godard
2026-07-30 10:21 ` [docs] " Quentin Schulz
2026-07-29 10:02 ` [PATCH 3/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: link to sysroot term Antonin Godard
2026-07-30 10:24 ` [docs] " Quentin Schulz
2026-07-29 10:02 ` [PATCH 4/5] sdk-manual: rename the section to remove "extensible" Antonin Godard
2026-07-30 10:29 ` [docs] " Quentin Schulz
2026-07-31 8:56 ` Antonin Godard
2026-07-29 10:02 ` Antonin Godard [this message]
2026-07-30 11:39 ` [docs] [PATCH 5/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: detail differences between standard and extensible sysroots Quentin Schulz
2026-07-31 8:56 ` Antonin Godard
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