From b43070b5708513a175499aa6959f88f2df5c60a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:32:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] dev-manual: delete references to "tar" package format There is no "tar" packaging format anymore, so delete these references. (From yocto-docs rev: e7cbf979deb9739ee4b968672d4b03ae65b24424) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit e2b4d75fc8d738a39c5941591523620b45bc57e3) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst index a9a530ae65..1baf6855c3 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst @@ -564,12 +564,12 @@ variable to specify the format: PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_packageformat" - where packageformat can be "ipk", "rpm", - "deb", or "tar" which are the supported package formats. + where packageformat can be "ipk", "rpm", or + "deb" which are the supported package formats. .. note:: - Because the Yocto Project supports four different package formats, + Because the Yocto Project supports three different package formats, you can set the variable with more than one argument. However, the OpenEmbedded build system only uses the first argument when creating an image or Software Development Kit (SDK).