Re: [docs] [PATCH v2 2/2] ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: instruct to install a buildtools tarball

Antonin Godard
2026-04-20T10:55:07Z

Hi,

On Mon Apr 20, 2026 at 12:46 PM CEST, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> Hi Antonin,
>
> On 4/20/26 11:52 AM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
>> I noticed that openSUSE Leap 15.6 provide Python 3.6, which is not
>> supported by BitBake (which requires Python >3.9). Instruct to use a
>> buildtools tarball, which is how this is done on the Autobuilder.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
>> ---
>> documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst | 5 +++++
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
>> index baa965573..85a26060c 100644
>> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
>> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
>> @@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ with a supported openSUSE Leap 15.6 distribution:
>> .. literalinclude:: ../tools/host_packages_scripts/opensuse_essential_15.6.sh
>> :language: shell
>>
>> +Additionally, openSUSE Leap 15.6 requires a :term:`buildtools` tarball to be
>> +installed and set up, as this distribution provides a version of Python that is
>> +too old for :term:`BitBake`. Follow the :ref:`system-requirements-buildtools`
>> +section below for more information.
>> +
>
> Shouldn't the buildtools cover all required packages to be present on
> the host? If so, do we actually need instructions without (e.g. the
> opensuse_essential_15.6.sh above)?

Probably, but to be fair I'm trying to match what is installed on the
Autobuilder (and that is known to work), and I'd like to avoid dropping one
requirement by mistake. That's a bit inefficient, but a bit safer. I wish the
Autobuilder list of requirements was public and allow my to test things but I
don't have such an environment :/

Antonin