is IMAGE_PKGTYPE of 'tar' even supported anymore?

is IMAGE_PKGTYPE of 'tar' even supported anymore?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  docs sort of suggest it, but code sure doesn't seem to support it.

rday

Re: [docs] is IMAGE_PKGTYPE of 'tar' even supported anymore?

[Antonin Godard]

On Thu Jul 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
>   docs sort of suggest it, but code sure doesn't seem to support it.

Good catch, it was removed in 2023: 90ce19122802 ("meta/classes-global: remove
package_tar.bbclass") in OE-Core.

Do you want to work on a patch to remove references to it?

Thanks,
Antonin

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Antonin Godard, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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Re: [docs] is IMAGE_PKGTYPE of 'tar' even supported anymore?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:

> On Thu Jul 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   docs sort of suggest it, but code sure doesn't seem to support it.
>
> Good catch, it was removed in 2023: 90ce19122802 ("meta/classes-global: remove
> package_tar.bbclass") in OE-Core.
>
> Do you want to work on a patch to remove references to it?

  i'll put something together this weekend.

rday

Re: [docs] is IMAGE_PKGTYPE of 'tar' even supported anymore?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2025, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:

> On Thu Jul 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >
> >   docs sort of suggest it, but code sure doesn't seem to support it.
>
> Good catch, it was removed in 2023: 90ce19122802 ("meta/classes-global: remove
> package_tar.bbclass") in OE-Core.
>
> Do you want to work on a patch to remove references to it?

  should the variable glossary entry for IMAGE_PKGTYPE still contain
the note:

"Files using the .tar format are never used as a substitute packaging
format for DEB, RPM, and IPK formatted files for your image or SDK."

  i mean, technically, the note is still true, but is it meaningful
anymore? or should it be deleted?

rday

Re: [docs] is IMAGE_PKGTYPE of 'tar' even supported anymore?

[Antonin Godard]

On Fri Jul 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jul 2025, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
>
>> On Thu Jul 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM CEST, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> >
>> >   docs sort of suggest it, but code sure doesn't seem to support it.
>>
>> Good catch, it was removed in 2023: 90ce19122802 ("meta/classes-global: remove
>> package_tar.bbclass") in OE-Core.
>>
>> Do you want to work on a patch to remove references to it?
>
>   should the variable glossary entry for IMAGE_PKGTYPE still contain
> the note:
>
> "Files using the .tar format are never used as a substitute packaging
> format for DEB, RPM, and IPK formatted files for your image or SDK."
>
>   i mean, technically, the note is still true, but is it meaningful
> anymore? or should it be deleted?

I understand this line as "we support it, but don't use it"... but since it's
not supported anymore, I'd remove it to avoid confusion.

Antonin

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Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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