From: DaanDeMeyer Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:57:58 +0000 (+0100) Subject: docs: Reword dependencies vs tools tree requirement a bit X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f01ca9904bb1b98ad4c09a587b8ddc902edc3f61;p=thirdparty%2Fmkosi.git docs: Reword dependencies vs tools tree requirement a bit --- diff --git a/mkosi/resources/man/mkosi.1.md b/mkosi/resources/man/mkosi.1.md index affce0c08..16550cc96 100644 --- a/mkosi/resources/man/mkosi.1.md +++ b/mkosi/resources/man/mkosi.1.md @@ -3257,10 +3257,11 @@ In this scenario, the kernel is loaded from the ESP in the image by **systemd-bo - mkosi requires a Linux kernel that provides `mount_setattr()` which was introduces in 5.12. - mkosi currently requires systemd 254 or newer to build bootable disk images. -- mkosi requires various dependencies to be installed. The basic required dependencies - can be listed by running `mkosi dependencies`. Either install the required dependencies - on your system or use a tools tree (see the `ToolsTree=` documentation for more - information). +- mkosi requires various dependencies to be installed. If a tools tree is used, (see the + `ToolsTree=` documentation for more information), then mkosi will download all of its + dependencies (except python and a package manager) itself. Otherwise, you'll need to install + the required dependencies on your system. You can run `mkosi dependencies` to get a list of the + basic required dependencies. For regular mkosi use, we strongly recommend using a tools tree. - On Debian/Kali/Ubuntu it might be necessary to install the `ubuntu-keyring`, `ubuntu-archive-keyring`, `kali-archive-keyring` and/or `debian-archive-keyring` packages explicitly, in addition to **apt**, depending on what kind of distribution