[Buildroot] [PATCHv2] package: add comment about ipkg/opkg/rpm

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sun Aug 23 19:01:33 UTC 2015


Dear Yann E. MORIN,

On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 20:58:01 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Too often the question is raised, that ipkg, opkg and rpm do not work,
> and users complain they can not install packages.
> 
> Even though we do have a clear and clearly explained section in our
> manual, people do not read it (when will users read manuals? sigh...).
> 
> So, add a big fat comment about ipkg/opkg/rpm, that Buildroot does not
> generate binary packages and does not provide any package database for
> any of those package manager.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at uclibc.org>
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
> 
> ---
> Changes v1 -> v2:
>   - don't use U+00A0 as first char on empty lines  (Arnout)
> ---
>  package/Config.in | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

Applied, thanks.

Thomas
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