From 90ea79e5156c0023d10c39e380e84c2e233f4c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:16:41 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ref-manual: Updated note in the "CentOS Packages" section. We want to encourage installation of the buildtools tarball for getting the most up-to-date packages on this build host. (From yocto-docs rev: 92dbc6e90dffaefc4a91bab81532d24de0d631cc) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml index bcac4c750f..81e6f78608 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/introduction.xml @@ -285,11 +285,17 @@ The following list shows the required packages by function given a supported CentOS Linux distribution: - Depending on the CentOS version you are using, other requirements - and dependencies might exist. - For details, you should look at the CentOS sections on the - Poky/GettingStarted/Dependencies - wiki page. + + For CentOS 6.x, some of the versions of the components + provided by the distribution are too old (e.g. Git, Python, + and tar). + It is recommended that you install the buildtools in order + to provide versions that will work with the OpenEmbedded + build system. + For information on how to install the buildtools tarball, + see the + "Required Git, Tar, and Python Versions" + section. Essentials: