Re: [docs] [PATCH] overview-manual/concepts.rst: fix do_prepare_recipe_sysroot task description

Antonin Godard
2026-04-23T10:07:03Z

On Thu Apr 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM CEST, Alexander Kanavin via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 at 10:07, Antonin Godard via
> lists.yoctoproject.org
> <antonin.godard=bootlin.com@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
>> """
>> A sysroot exists for:
>>
>> - The target binaries (``recipe-sysroot``)
>> - And for the native binaries (``recipe-sysroot-native``), which run on the host system.
>> """
>
> I think you could make this distinction:
>
> - target sysroot contains target libraries, and associated headers and
> other data needed to cross-build software from its sources
> - native sysroot contains native executables with their libraries and
> other data, so that they can be run directly on the build host when
> that is required by the build process

I second this, even better thanks!

David, a v2 with all the suggestions would be great.

Thanks,
Antonin