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| author | Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com> | 2012-06-17 11:54:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-07-02 07:32:37 +0200 |
| commit | fe8d4626f0225285eed4190958a5dc75cbefd972 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c3b4ec0ce176fb330326889a2ab879149b5ea17 /docs | |
| parent | 9fd16a175b228888669a4e7b0b582c92893a9f7d (diff) | |
docs: describe "file" and "local" methods in LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD
Based on description by Thomas Petazzoni at:
http://free-electrons.com/blog/buildroot-2011-11/
Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt index b296ac4d6..84cf06bd2 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt @@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : ** +bzr+ for retrieving source code from a Bazaar repository. Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +bzr://+. The downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method. + ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when + +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a package tarball as a local filename. + Useful for software that isn't available publicly or in version + control. + ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this + when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing + the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the + source directory into the package's build directory. * +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package name) that are required for the current target package to |