</para>
<para>
- As described below in the
- "<link linkend='runtime-package-management-target-ipk'>Using IPK</link>"
- section, if you are using IPK as your package format, you
- can make use of the
- <filename>distro-feed-configs</filename> recipe provided
- by <filename>meta-oe</filename> in order to configure your
- target to use your IPK databases.
+ You can use the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>,
+ and
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+ variables to pre-configure target images to use a package
+ feed.
+ If you do not define these variables, then manual steps
+ as described in the subsequent sections are necessary to
+ configure the target.
+ You should set these variables before building the image
+ in order to produce a correctly configured image.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>smart</filename> application performs
runtime package management of RPM packages.
You must perform an initial setup for
- <filename>smart</filename> on the target machine.
+ <filename>smart</filename> on the target machine
+ if the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>, and
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+ variables have not been set or the target image was
+ built before the variables were set.
</para>
<para>
The <filename>opkg</filename> application performs
runtime package management of IPK packages.
You must perform an initial setup for
- <filename>opkg</filename> on the target machine.
+ <filename>opkg</filename> on the target machine
+ if the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>, and
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+ variables have not been set or the target image was
+ built before the variables were set.
</para>
<para>
This application uses a source list file to find
available package databases.
You must perform an initial setup for
- <filename>apt</filename> on the target machine.
+ <filename>apt</filename> on the target machine
+ if the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_ARCHS</filename></ulink>,
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_BASE_PATHS</filename></ulink>, and
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-PACKAGE_FEED_URIS'><filename>PACKAGE_FEED_URIS</filename></ulink>
+ variables have not been set or the target image was
+ built before the variables were set.
</para>
<para>