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From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: YP docs mailing list <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] dev-manual: mention that "bmap-tools" is transitional package
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:34:35 -0400 (EDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <79fecd83-e402-c49f-ef11-ea4024ed77e8@crashcourse.ca> (raw)


For modern Debian and Ubuntu releases, mention that the "bmap-tools"
package is transitional to the newer "bmaptool" package.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

---

  sorry about the earlier typo in the subject line

diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
index 87162a49c..1e5ad2bba 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ system image files much faster.

          $ bitbake bmaptool-native -caddto_recipe_sysroot

+   -  Finally, in modern Ubuntu and Debian releases, the ``bmap-tools``
+      package is a transitional package; it exists solely to ensure
+      backward compatibility and smooth upgrades from older installations.
+      You can safely remove it and install the active package, ``bmaptool``,
+      which contains the actual utilities for flashing block images.
+
 Following, is an example that shows how to flash a Wic image. Realize
 that while this example uses a Wic image, you can use `bmaptool` to flash
 any type of image. Use these steps to flash an image using `bmaptool`:


             reply	other threads:[~2026-06-11 15:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-11 15:34 Robert P. J. Day [this message]
2026-06-19 15:18 ` [docs] [PATCH v2] dev-manual: mention that "bmap-tools" is transitional package Quentin Schulz
2026-06-19 18:32   ` Robert P. J. Day
2026-06-22  8:03     ` Antonin Godard

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