14377 2021-05-06 07:28:10 +0000 devtool: deploy-target 2025-01-09 15:09:53 +0000 1 1 9 Documentation Reference handbook 3.4 x86 Multiple RESOLVED FIXED Medium+ normal 5.2 M4 1 pokylinux antonin.godard poky.doc.watcher poky.watcher randy.macleod tim.orling tom.isaacson --- --- Yes (doc changes required) oldest_to_newest 90244 0 pokylinux 2021-05-06 07:28:10 +0000 Here[1] is this: Some conditions exist that could prevent a deployed application from behaving as expected. When both of the following conditions exist, your application has the potential to not behave correctly when run on the target: *) You are deploying a new application to the target and the recipe you used to build the application had correctly defined runtime dependencies. *) The target does not physically have the packages on which the application depends installed. If both of these conditions exist, your application will not behave as expected. The reason for this misbehavior is because the devtool deploy-target command does not deploy the packages (e.g. libraries) on which your new application depends. The assumption is that the packages are already on the target. Consequently, when a runtime call is made in the application for a dependent function (e.g. a library call), the function cannot be found. [1] http://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/devtool-reference.html?highlight=devtool#deploying-your-software-on-the-target-machine Maybe this should be rephrased/extended a bit. My understanding is, that devtool does not install packages. So if devtool creates a perfectly fine recipe, but this recipe needs an extra package (e.g. a library), which is not already installed on the target, the app will not run. There is no need in the recipe to define RDEPENDS explicitly! They are derived from DEPENDS implicitly. So "You are deploying a new application to the target and the recipe you used to build the application had correctly defined runtime dependencies." is a bit misleading, since although no RDEPENDS are in the recipe, the package still contains the dependencies. recipe: https://pastebin.com/MHbTADZ2 package info - as you see the dependency to is there: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32), libtinfo5 (>= 6.2) https://pastebin.com/KuuqfxvU and after installing from a package feed all is good: https://pastebin.com/3u2DYise This is pretty annoying for the beginner who tries to use devtool. 99994 1 randy.macleod 2024-10-24 15:03:55 +0000 Bulk move of 5.1 M4 to 5.2 M2 as approved by AlexB. 100492 2 antonin.godard 2024-12-23 15:30:13 +0000 Hi Robert, I've sent a patch on the docs mailing list to explain this: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/topic/patch/110258352 Let me know if that makes it more clear! :) Changing the status to In Progress Review. 100561 3 antonin.godard 2025-01-09 15:09:53 +0000 Patch merged on master: https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-docs/commit/?id=56c84004daad5f8a5db53e36852331435d57c8af Marking this bug as Resolved.