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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/migration-2.1.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/migration-2.1.rst index a1fd3ea81..0220221e0 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/migration-2.1.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/migration-2.1.rst @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Project 2.1 Release from the prior release. Variable Expansion in Python Functions -------------------------------------- -Variable expressions, such as ``${``\ VARNAME\ ``}`` no longer expand +Variable expressions, such as ``${VARNAME}`` no longer expand automatically within Python functions. Suppressing expansion was done to allow Python functions to construct shell scripts or other code for situations in which you do not want such expressions expanded. For any @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Image Generation is Now Split Out from Filesystem Generation Previously, for image recipes the :ref:`ref-tasks-rootfs` task assembled the filesystem and then from that filesystem generated images. With this Yocto Project release, image generation is split into -separate ```do_image_*`` <#ref-tasks-image>`__ tasks for clarity both in +separate :ref:`ref-tasks-image` tasks for clarity both in operation and in the code. For most cases, this change does not present any problems. However, if @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ you have made customizations that directly modify the ``do_rootfs`` task or that mention ``do_rootfs``, you might need to update those changes. In particular, if you had added any tasks after ``do_rootfs``, you should make edits so that those tasks are after the -```do_image_complete`` <#ref-tasks-image-complete>`__ task rather than +:ref:`ref-tasks-image-complete` task rather than after ``do_rootfs`` so that the your added tasks run at the correct time. @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ The following recipes have been removed in the 2.1 release: - ``python-pygtk``: Recipe became obsolete. - ``adt-installer``: Recipe became obsolete. See the "`ADT - Removed <#migration-2.1-adt-removed>`__" section for more + Removed <#adt-removed>`__" section for more information. .. _migration-2.1-class-changes: @@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ The following changes have been made for the Poky distribution: option specified on the configure command line either because it is not a supported option for the configure script or because static libraries are needed should set the following variable: - DISABLE_STATIC = "" + :: + + DISABLE_STATIC = "" - The separate ``poky-tiny`` distribution now uses the musl C library instead of a heavily pared down ``glibc``. Using musl results in a @@ -357,10 +359,9 @@ These additional changes exist: - The minimum Git version has been increased to 1.8.3.1. If your host distribution does not provide a sufficiently recent version, you can - install the buildtools, which will provide it. See the "`Required - Git, tar, Python and gcc - Versions <#required-git-tar-python-and-gcc-versions>`__" section for - more information on the buildtools tarball. + install the buildtools, which will provide it. See the + :ref:`ref-manual/ref-system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions` + section for more information on the buildtools tarball. - The buggy and incomplete support for the RPM version 4 package manager has been removed. The well-tested and maintained support for @@ -376,8 +377,9 @@ These additional changes exist: base-passwd shadow update-alternatives + run-postinsts - run-postinsts With the Yocto Project 2.1 release, these packages are + With the Yocto Project 2.1 release, these packages are only removed if "read-only-rootfs" is in ``IMAGE_FEATURES``, since they might still be needed for a read-write image even in the absence of a package manager (e.g. if users need to be added, modified, or |