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[nanbield,6/6] dev-manual: packages: need enough free space

Message ID 20240227135830.481147-7-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com
State New
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Series documentation backports | expand

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Michael Opdenacker Feb. 27, 2024, 1:58 p.m. UTC 
From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>

Enough free storage space is needed to apply package upgrades.

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst | 7 +++++++
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
index d90ff7110e..a6e6af0de7 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/packages.rst
@@ -612,6 +612,13 @@  subsequent sections are necessary to configure the target. You should
 set these variables before building the image in order to produce a
 correctly configured image.
 
+.. note::
+
+   Your image will need enough free storage space to run package upgrades,
+   especially if many of them need to be downloaded at the same time.
+   You should make sure images are created with enough free space
+   by setting the :term:`IMAGE_ROOTFS_EXTRA_SPACE` variable.
+
 When your build is complete, your packages reside in the
 ``${TMPDIR}/deploy/packageformat`` directory. For example, if
 ``${``\ :term:`TMPDIR`\ ``}`` is