From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4940CDB471 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-04.galae.net (smtpout-04.galae.net [185.171.202.116]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.38243.1782115433217676415 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:03:53 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=dkim header.b=zQLk+GBK; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 185.171.202.116, mailfrom: antonin.godard@bootlin.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-04.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0E6CBC62209; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:03:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AF0B601BB; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 9BC54106C819E; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:03:49 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1782115430; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:cc:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=7gbQncA92lGvX9rEidFaAWs8CYZ7z+GQ0iLJutCFoJg=; b=zQLk+GBKaWeHCEf2GFvDiIdLcS9oRxjwK257l0nJyD7gawKS1sO9JwzFwY9zV/KpmgVzKL 9klBy1xvdGXnGTnFFJXaD2aOxLtSLo/zCzdsyOHMvYsakU/gb83d8NtT6+0QIazncq5ww3 h6fxdORrPn40kqIqIwjRCmL+pfDpBo5TUmaMq41Txz8ToZMxuHqW2zaP3yz9Etn56N/SFe SfrGoIRQEwap9187dBPWn4wuTJmfq+GyTEg2MevvV4xKHyvsDLpu08QLBSkmQyNP9PSAz7 91QMkcwLMFDh6eLv2jBlVtybD2A0W5ucCxPcBNVw5IZ1jN1E0o+Hpul3YohAJg== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:03:48 +0200 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] dev-manual: mention that "bmap-tools" is transitional package Cc: "YP docs mailing list" From: "Antonin Godard" To: "Robert P. J. Day" , "Quentin Schulz" References: <79fecd83-e402-c49f-ef11-ea4024ed77e8@crashcourse.ca> <35ff1c1f-1331-8675-be8a-ddec3baf0283@crashcourse.ca> In-Reply-To: <35ff1c1f-1331-8675-be8a-ddec3baf0283@crashcourse.ca> X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:04:00 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9817 On Fri Jun 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2026, Quentin Schulz wrote: [...] >> > + - 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 installat= ions. >> > + You can safely remove it and install the active package, >> > ``bmaptool``, >> > + which contains the actual utilities for flashing block images. >> > + >> >> Just list this in the first bullet point which is related to Ubuntu and = Debian >> distributions? >> >> I could see switching the default package to install from bmap-tools to >> bmaptool and add a note (Sphinx note) that on older releases, it was nam= ed >> bmap-tools so install that package instead. >> >> Note that Fedora 43+ has bmap-tools, and Leap 16+ >> python3-bmap-tools/python3-bmaptools. > > my patch was already merged into master-next, but i like your > suggestion so if antonin thinks it's worth it, he can revert that > earlier patch and i can do it your way. I dropped it, I also like Quentin's suggestion. Thanks both, Antonin