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`:
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