How do I update to the latest esp8266 arduino framework with platformio cli?

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According to the pio docs, this should work:

# pio platform update
Platform Espressif 8266
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Updating espressif8266                   @ 2.2.2          [Up-to-date]
Updating tool-esptoolpy                  @ 1.20600.0      [Up-to-date]
Updating tool-mkspiffs                   @ 1.200.0        [Up-to-date]
Updating tool-esptool                    @ 1.413.0        [Up-to-date]
Updating framework-arduinoespressif8266  @ 2.20502.0      [Up-to-date]
Updating toolchain-xtensa                @ 2.40802.190218 [Up-to-date]

That makes it look like the espressif8266 version is up to date at 2.2.2, and the framework-arduinoespressif8266 is up to date at 2.20502.0. I would expect that one of these would correspond with the a recent release of the esp8266/Arduino repo, which currently sits at 2.5.2.

Is there some in-between repackaging going on? How can I make sure that I'm using the latest version?

If you want to use the latest Arduino Core for ESP8266, see Using Arduino Framework with Staging version — Codo

Cheesington Cheesington · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-01T18:00:10

Thanks to @Codo for pointing me in the right direction. On the page he linked to is a link to the repo for the platformio-espressif8266-arduino platform:

https://github.com/platformio/platform-espressif8266.git

How do I update to the latest esp8266 arduino framework with platformio cli?

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