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From: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
To: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: detail differences between standard and extensible sysroots
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:19:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731-sdk-clarifications-v2-5-b34f797492b1@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260731-sdk-clarifications-v2-0-b34f797492b1@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 | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst b/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst
index b78248d54..c8fa8d619 100644
--- a/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst
+++ b/documentation/sdk-manual/intro.rst
@@ -123,6 +123,25 @@ 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 :term:`sysroots <Sysroot>` differ in content:
+
+-  The standard SDK :term:`sysroot` only contains libraries and headers for the packages
+   --- and their dependencies --- found in the :term:`TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK`
+   and :term:`TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK` definitions, for the target and host
+   :term:`sysroots <sysroot>` respectively.
+
+   See :doc:`/sdk-manual/appendix-obtain` to learn how to build it and
+   :doc:`/sdk-manual/appendix-customizing-standard` to learn how to customize
+   it.
+
+-  The extensible SDK :term:`sysroot` is completely managed by the :doc:`devtool
+   </ref-manual/devtool-reference>` command-line tool, and its content is the
+   same as the :term:`sysroot` of the image recipe for which the SDK was built.
+
+   See :doc:`/sdk-manual/appendix-obtain` to learn how to build it and
+   :doc:`/sdk-manual/appendix-customizing` to learn how to customize
+   it.
+
 The QEMU Emulator
 -----------------
 

-- 
2.55.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31  9:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-31  9:19 [PATCH v2 0/5] Make the SDK section not specific to the eSDK Antonin Godard
2026-07-31  9:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] sdk-manual/appendix-customizing-standard.rst: use code block for bitbake assignment Antonin Godard
2026-07-31  9:19 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: remove a confusing sentence Antonin Godard
2026-07-31  9:19 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: link to sysroot term Antonin Godard
2026-07-31  9:19 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] sdk-manual: rename the section to remove "extensible" Antonin Godard
2026-08-06  8:45   ` [docs] " Quentin Schulz
2026-07-31  9:19 ` Antonin Godard [this message]
2026-08-06  8:48   ` [docs] [PATCH v2 5/5] sdk-manual/intro.rst: detail differences between standard and extensible sysroots Quentin Schulz

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