Re: [docs] [PATCH v2] dev-manual: mention that "bmap-tools" is transitional package

On Fri, 19 Jun 2026, Quentin Schulz wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> On 6/11/26 5:34 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> >
> > For modern Debian and Ubuntu releases, mention that the "bmap-tools"
> > package is transitional to the newer "bmaptool" package.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]>
> >
> > ---
> >
> >    sorry about the earlier typo in the subject line
> >
> > diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
> > b/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
> > index 87162a49c..1e5ad2bba 100644
> > --- a/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
> > +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/bmaptool.rst
> > @@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ system image files much faster.
> >
> >            $ bitbake bmaptool-native -caddto_recipe_sysroot
> >
> > +   -  Finally, in modern Ubuntu and Debian releases, the ``bmap-tools``
> > +      package is a transitional package; it exists solely to ensure
> > +      backward compatibility and smooth upgrades from older installations.
> > +      You can safely remove it and install the active package,
> > ``bmaptool``,
> > +      which contains the actual utilities for flashing block images.
> > +
>
> Just list this in the first bullet point which is related to Ubuntu and Debian
> distributions?
>
> I could see switching the default package to install from bmap-tools to
> bmaptool and add a note (Sphinx note) that on older releases, it was named
> bmap-tools so install that package instead.
>
> Note that Fedora 43+ has bmap-tools, and Leap 16+
> python3-bmap-tools/python3-bmaptools.

  my patch was already merged into master-next, but i like your
suggestion so if antonin thinks it's worth it, he can revert that
earlier patch and i can do it your way.

rday