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@@ -970,6 +970,21 @@
executables.
+
+ Along with writing out the root filesystem image, the
+ do_rootfs task creates a manifest file
+ (.manifest) in the same directory as
+ the root filesystem image that lists out, line-by-line, the
+ installed packages.
+ This manifest file is useful for the
+ testimage
+ class, for example, to determine whether or not to run
+ specific tests.
+ See the
+ IMAGE_MANIFEST
+ variable for additional information.
+
+
Part of the image generation process includes compressing the
root filesystem image.
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@@ -2903,6 +2903,39 @@
+ IMAGE_MANIFEST
+
+
+ The manifest file for the image.
+ This file lists all the installed packages that make up
+ the image.
+ The file contains package information on a line-per-package
+ basis as follows:
+
+ <packagename> <packagearch> <version>
+
+
+
+
+ The
+ image
+ class defines the manifest file as follows:
+
+ IMAGE_MANIFEST = "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_NAME}.rootfs.manifest"
+
+ The location is derived using the
+ DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE
+ and
+ IMAGE_NAME
+ variables.
+ You can find information on how the image
+ is created in the
+ "Image Generation"
+ section.
+
+
+
+
IMAGE_NAME