From 2fb92fb14f038d0ea047cf19bf05a11349ca83f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 16:07:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: recommend buildtools for not supported distros Also minor correction to supported distribution notes (From yocto-docs rev: cb417cef74b87b53300eb05c21675b5e24a10ca7) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Suggested-by: Alexander Kanavin Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman --- documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst index 159f16fb8d..79c40046b4 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst @@ -118,7 +118,13 @@ tested on former revisions of "&DISTRO_NAME;", but no longer are: has no plans to support rolling-releases or development distributions due to their constantly changing nature. We welcome patches and bug reports, but keep in mind that our priority is on - the supported platforms listed below. + the supported platforms listed above. + + - If your Linux distribution is not in the above list, we recommend to + get the :term:`buildtools` or :term:`buildtools-extended` tarballs + containing the host tools required by your Yocto Project release, + typically by running ``scripts/install-buildtools`` as explained in + the ":ref:`system-requirements-buildtools`" section. - You may use Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 to set up a build host using Windows 10, but validation is not performed against build