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| -rw-r--r-- | usermanual/reference/class_image_ipkg.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usermanual/reference/class_image_ipkg.xml b/usermanual/reference/class_image_ipkg.xml index fa11e0801e..f6dca24114 100644 --- a/usermanual/reference/class_image_ipkg.xml +++ b/usermanual/reference/class_image_ipkg.xml @@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ <orderedlist> <listitem> <para>Inherits the <xref linkend="rootfs_ipkg_class" /> in order to - bring in the functionality required to generate a root filesystem image - from a set of ipkg's that will be suitable for included in the - image(s);</para> + bring in the functionality required to generate a root filesystem image. + The root filesystem image is generate from a set of ipkg packages, and + then the required images are generated using the contents of the root + filesystem;</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Sets <command>BUILD_ALL_DEPS = "1"</command> to force dependency - system to build all packages that are listed in the + <para>Sets <command>BUILD_ALL_DEPS = "1"</command> to force the + dependency system to build all packages that are listed in the <command>RDEPENDS</command> and/or <command>RRECOMENDS</command> of the packages to be installed;</para> </listitem> @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ <listitem> <para>Determines the name of the image device tables or table (<command>IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLES/IMAGE_DEVICE_TABLE</command>) which will - be used to determine the device nodes to create in + be used to describe the device nodes to create in <command>/dev</command> directory in the root filesystem;</para> </listitem> @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ <listitem> <para>Calls into <xref linkend="rootfs_ipkg_class" /> to install all of - the required components into the root filesystem;</para> + the required packages into the root filesystem;</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -163,8 +164,11 @@ <listitem> <para>Specifies the type of image files to create. The supported image types, and details on modifying existing types and on creating new - types, are described in the <xref linkend="image_types" /> - section.</para> + types, are described in the <xref linkend="image_types" /> section. + This variable is set to a space seperated list of image types to + generate.</para> + + <para>Example: <command>"jffs2 tar.gz"</command></para> <para>Default: <command>"jffs2"</command></para> </listitem> |