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| -rw-r--r-- | documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | 33 |
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index d65d73d59d..43dc61fb24 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml | |||
| @@ -2075,24 +2075,6 @@ | |||
| 2075 | </section> | 2075 | </section> |
| 2076 | </section> | 2076 | </section> |
| 2077 | 2077 | ||
| 2078 | <section id="usingpoky-changes-updatingimages"> | ||
| 2079 | <title>Updating Existing Images</title> | ||
| 2080 | |||
| 2081 | <para> | ||
| 2082 | Often, rather than re-flashing a new image, you might wish to install updated | ||
| 2083 | packages into an existing running system. | ||
| 2084 | You can do this by first sharing the <filename>tmp/deploy/ipk/</filename> directory | ||
| 2085 | through a web server and then by changing <filename>/etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf</filename> | ||
| 2086 | to point at the shared server. | ||
| 2087 | Following is an example: | ||
| 2088 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
| 2089 | $ src/gz all http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/all | ||
| 2090 | $ src/gz armv7a http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/armv7a | ||
| 2091 | $ src/gz beagleboard http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/beagleboard | ||
| 2092 | </literallayout> | ||
| 2093 | </para> | ||
| 2094 | </section> | ||
| 2095 | |||
| 2096 | <section id='creating-your-own-distribution'> | 2078 | <section id='creating-your-own-distribution'> |
| 2097 | <title>Creating Your Own Distribution</title> | 2079 | <title>Creating Your Own Distribution</title> |
| 2098 | 2080 | ||
| @@ -3213,6 +3195,21 @@ | |||
| 3213 | reboot the target device to take advantage of runtime package | 3195 | reboot the target device to take advantage of runtime package |
| 3214 | installations. | 3196 | installations. |
| 3215 | </para> | 3197 | </para> |
| 3198 | |||
| 3199 | <para> | ||
| 3200 | If your packages are IPK, you can install packages onto an | ||
| 3201 | existing running system by first sharing the | ||
| 3202 | <filename>tmp/deploy/ipk/</filename> directory | ||
| 3203 | through a web server and then by changing | ||
| 3204 | <filename>/etc/opkg/base-feeds.conf</filename> | ||
| 3205 | to point at the shared server. | ||
| 3206 | Following is an example: | ||
| 3207 | <literallayout class='monospaced'> | ||
| 3208 | $ src/gz all http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/all | ||
| 3209 | $ src/gz armv7a http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/armv7a | ||
| 3210 | $ src/gz beagleboard http://www.mysite.com/somedir/deploy/ipk/beagleboard | ||
| 3211 | </literallayout> | ||
| 3212 | </para> | ||
| 3216 | </section> | 3213 | </section> |
| 3217 | </section> | 3214 | </section> |
| 3218 | 3215 | ||
