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Assimilating Packaging Support
This chapter presents the key concepts for understanding the aspects of Poky and BitBake related to packaging. We will learn about the supported binary package formats, shared state cache, package versioning components, how to set up and use binary package feeds to support our development process, and more.
Using supported package formats
From a Yocto Project perspective, a recipe may generate one or more output packages. A package wraps a set of files and metadata in a way that makes them available in the future. They can be installed into one or more images or deployed for later use.
Packages are critical to Poky, as they enable the build system to produce diverse types of artifacts, such as images and toolchains. ...
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