Mender-convert output files missing sdimg file

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Using mender-convert, no errors but not seeing the sdimg. is img.gz file the same thing?

MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME=SBCRPI3Image2020 ./docker-mender-convert --disk-image input/$INPUT_DISK_IMAGE --config configs/rasp berrypi4_config --overlay rootfs_overlay/
Running mender-convert --disk-image input/smartboard-bootstrap-image.img --config configs/raspberrypi4_config --overlay rootfs_overlay/
Running mender-convert-extract: --disk-image input/smartboard-bootstrap-image.img --config configs/raspberrypi4_config --overlay rootfs_overlay/
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi4_config
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Validating disk image
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Disk parsed successfully
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] NUMBER OF PARTS: 2 TYPE: dos
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: SIZE: 256M TYPE: 0xc
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 1: extracting to work/part-1.fs
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: SIZE: 1.4G TYPE: 0x83
2020-03-08 01:26:10 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] PART 2: extracting to work/part-2.fs
Running mender-convert-modify: --disk-image input/smartboard-bootstrap-image.img --config configs/raspberrypi4_config --overlay rootfs_overlay/
2020-03-08 01:26:16 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2020-03-08 01:26:16 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi4_config
2020-03-08 01:26:17 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing Mender client and related files
2020-03-08 01:26:18 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Installing a custom /etc/fstab (see work/convert.log for more info)
2020-03-08 01:26:18 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing platform specific modifications (if any)
2020-03-08 01:26:18 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: platform_modify
2020-03-08 01:26:19 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Performing user/local specific modifications (if any)
2020-03-08 01:26:19 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Running hook: user_local_modify
2020-03-08 01:26:19 [INFO] [mender-convert-modify] Applying rootfs overlay: rootfs_overlay/
mender-convert-modify has finished. Cleaning up…
Running mender-convert-package: --disk-image input/smartboard-bootstrap-image.img --config configs/raspberrypi4_config --overlay rootfs_overlay/
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Using configuration file: configs/raspberrypi4_config
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] The allocated boot part size 40 MiB is too small.
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] The actual boot part size is 256 MiB
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] Will adjust MENDER_BOOT_PART_SIZE_MB automatically
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [WARN] [mender-convert-package] Considered adjusting the configuration file to avoid this message
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Rootfs filesystem size will be 1636 MiB
2020-03-08 01:26:20 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating a file-system image from: work/rootfs/data/
2020-03-08 01:26:21 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating a file-system image from: work/rootfs/
2020-03-08 01:26:29 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Copying root filesystem image to deploy directory
2020-03-08 01:26:31 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Writing Mender artifact to: deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi4-mender.mender
2020-03-08 01:26:31 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] This can take up to 20 minutes depending on which compression method is used
2020-03-08 01:27:24 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Creating Mender compatible disk-image
2020-03-08 01:27:24 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Total disk size: 8192 MiB
2020-03-08 01:27:24 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Boot partition 256 MiB
2020-03-08 01:27:24 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] RootFS partitions 3456 MiB x 2
2020-03-08 01:27:24 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Data partition 1000 MiB
2020-03-08 01:27:42 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Performing platform specific package operations (if any)
2020-03-08 01:27:42 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Running hook: platform_package
2020-03-08 01:27:42 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Compressing deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi4-mender.img.gz
mender-convert-package has finished. Cleaning up…
2020-03-08 01:28:45 [INFO] [mender-convert-package] Conversion has completed! \o/
Output Artifacts and images can be found in the deploy directory:
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi3-mender.cfg
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi3-mender.ext4
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi3-mender.img.gz
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi3-mender.mender
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi4-mender.cfg
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi4-mender.ext4
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi4-mender.img.gz
deploy/smartboard-bootstrap-image-raspberrypi4-mender.mender

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Yes, above is equivalent to the previous image that was named .sdimg-

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Hello @mirzak,
i also was kinda surprised by this, are you stepping away from the .sdimg concept at all?
to be honest, it was kinda difficult to explain to people who are not familiar with mender about the .sdimg’s

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We have moved away from the sdimg name in mender-convert and have adopted the more commonly used .img suffix in this context.

We still use sdimg in the context of the Yocto Project.

Note that there is no technical change on the image here and is simply a rename.