From bb00844600dac4a74ba800d73f49325edcdde988 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robert P. J. Day" Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 12:21:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: clarify that PACKAGE_EXCLUDE supports DEB packaging As an accompaniment to earlier commit 0d05dedd62a6d4c726f120a23654ede1f0b23d8e, correct that the PACKAGE_EXCLUDE variable supports the DEB packaging backend. (From yocto-docs rev: 7cb1b61247852c0693950f034aa88dcd6dc3accd) Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard (cherry picked from commit 195fc0981996998ba2939bb9ce8770f396e5f438) Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard Signed-off-by: Paul Barker --- documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst index d827563b93..c0f986bbc8 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst @@ -6349,8 +6349,8 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents. an iterative development process to remove specific components from a system. - This variable is supported only when using the IPK and RPM - packaging backends. DEB is not supported. + This variable is supported by all of the RPM, DEB and IPK + packaging backends. See the :term:`NO_RECOMMENDATIONS` and the :term:`BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS` variables for