From 886b7e79c4a9485f20d34c5f098679991fd0a080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 13:41:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Edits to the IMAGE_PKGTYPE variable.

Added a note at the bottom clearly stating TAR files are never
used as a substitute for RPM, DEB, or IPK files when generating
your image or SDK.

(From yocto-docs rev: 5bc911ce2d13a19744aa800133a5ca4c8fba98b2)

Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 1144823779..110368c484 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -2708,6 +2708,11 @@
                     variable.
                     The OpenEmbedded build system uses the first package type
                     (e.g. DEB, RPM, or IPK) that appears with the variable
+                    <note>
+                        Files using the <filename>.tar</filename> format are
+                        never used as a substitute packaging format for DEB,
+                        RPM, and IPK formatted files for your image or SDK.
+                    </note>
                 </para>
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>