From 019952d4bc6df642cb4aa26ac0bed026da3f3aa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:44:16 +0200
Subject: docs/buildroot: remove trailing spaces

Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html
index ae0b524a8..00808ffc4 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot.html
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
       <h1>Buildroot</h1>
     </div>
 
-    <p><a href="http://buildroot.net/">Buildroot</a> usage and documentation 
-    by Thomas Petazzoni. Contributions from Karsten Kruse, Ned Ludd, Martin 
+    <p><a href="http://buildroot.net/">Buildroot</a> usage and documentation
+    by Thomas Petazzoni. Contributions from Karsten Kruse, Ned Ludd, Martin
     Herren and others.</p>
 
     <ul>
@@ -53,39 +53,39 @@
     <code>binutils</code>) and a C standard library (for example 
     <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html">GNU Libc</a>, 
     <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> or 
-    <a href="http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/">dietlibc</a>). The system installed 
-    on your development station certainly already has a compilation 
-    toolchain that you can use to compile an application that runs on your 
-    system. If you're using a PC, your compilation toolchain runs on an x86 
-    processor and generates code for an x86 processor. Under most Linux 
-    systems, the compilation toolchain uses the GNU libc (glibc) as the C 
-    standard library.  This compilation toolchain is called the &quot;host 
-    compilation toolchain&quot;. The machine on which it is running, and on 
-    which you're working, is called the &quot;host system&quot;. The 
-    compilation toolchain is provided by your distribution, and Buildroot 
-    has nothing to do with it (other than using it to build a 
-    cross-compilation toolchain and other tools that are run on the 
+    <a href="http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/">dietlibc</a>). The system installed
+    on your development station certainly already has a compilation
+    toolchain that you can use to compile an application that runs on your
+    system. If you're using a PC, your compilation toolchain runs on an x86
+    processor and generates code for an x86 processor. Under most Linux
+    systems, the compilation toolchain uses the GNU libc (glibc) as the C
+    standard library.  This compilation toolchain is called the &quot;host
+    compilation toolchain&quot;. The machine on which it is running, and on
+    which you're working, is called the &quot;host system&quot;. The
+    compilation toolchain is provided by your distribution, and Buildroot
+    has nothing to do with it (other than using it to build a
+    cross-compilation toolchain and other tools that are run on the
     development host).</p>
 
-    <p>As said above, the compilation toolchain that comes with your system 
-    runs on and generates code for the processor in your host system. As 
-    your embedded system has a different processor, you need a 
-    cross-compilation toolchain &mdash; a compilation toolchain that runs on 
-    your host system but generates code for your target system (and target 
-    processor). For example, if your host system uses x86 and your target 
-    system uses ARM, the regular compilation toolchain on your host runs on 
-    x86 and generates code for x86, while the cross-compilation toolchain 
+    <p>As said above, the compilation toolchain that comes with your system
+    runs on and generates code for the processor in your host system. As
+    your embedded system has a different processor, you need a
+    cross-compilation toolchain &mdash; a compilation toolchain that runs on
+    your host system but generates code for your target system (and target
+    processor). For example, if your host system uses x86 and your target
+    system uses ARM, the regular compilation toolchain on your host runs on
+    x86 and generates code for x86, while the cross-compilation toolchain
     runs on x86 and generates code for ARM.</p>
 
-    <p>Even if your embedded system uses an x86 processor, you might be 
+    <p>Even if your embedded system uses an x86 processor, you might be
     interested in Buildroot for two reasons:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li>The compilation toolchain on your host certainly uses the GNU Libc 
-      which is a complete but huge C standard library. Instead of using GNU 
-      Libc on your target system, you can use uClibc which is a tiny C 
-      standard library. If you want to use this C library, then you need a 
-      compilation toolchain to generate binaries linked with it. Buildroot 
+      <li>The compilation toolchain on your host certainly uses the GNU Libc
+      which is a complete but huge C standard library. Instead of using GNU
+      Libc on your target system, you can use uClibc which is a tiny C
+      standard library. If you want to use this C library, then you need a
+      compilation toolchain to generate binaries linked with it. Buildroot
       can do that for you.</li>
 
       <li>Buildroot automates the building of a root filesystem with all needed
@@ -94,17 +94,17 @@
 
     <p>You might wonder why such a tool is needed when you can compile
     <code>gcc</code>, <code>binutils</code>, <code>uClibc</code> and all
-    the other tools by hand. Of course doing so is possible but, dealing with 
-    all of the configure options and problems of every <code>gcc</code> or 
-    <code>binutils</code> version is very time-consuming and uninteresting. 
-    Buildroot automates this process through the use of Makefiles and has a 
-    collection of patches for each <code>gcc</code> and <code>binutils</code> 
+    the other tools by hand. Of course doing so is possible but, dealing with
+    all of the configure options and problems of every <code>gcc</code> or
+    <code>binutils</code> version is very time-consuming and uninteresting.
+    Buildroot automates this process through the use of Makefiles and has a
+    collection of patches for each <code>gcc</code> and <code>binutils</code>
     version to make them work on most architectures.</p>
 
     <p>Moreover, Buildroot provides an infrastructure for reproducing
-    the build process of your kernel, cross-toolchain, and embedded root 
-    filesystem. Being able to reproduce the build process will be useful when a 
-    component needs to be patched or updated or when another person is supposed 
+    the build process of your kernel, cross-toolchain, and embedded root
+    filesystem. Being able to reproduce the build process will be useful when a
+    component needs to be patched or updated or when another person is supposed
     to take over the project.</p>
 
     <h2 id="download">Obtaining Buildroot</h2>
@@ -113,18 +113,18 @@
     months. Direct Git access and daily snapshots are also
     available, if you want more bleeding edge.</p>
 
-    <p>Releases are available at 
+    <p>Releases are available at
     <a href="http://buildroot.net/downloads/">http://buildroot.net/downloads/</a>.</p>
 
-    <p>The latest snapshot is always available at 
+    <p>The latest snapshot is always available at
     <a href="http://buildroot.net/downloads/snapshots/buildroot-snapshot.tar.bz2">http://buildroot.net/downloads/snapshots/buildroot-snapshot.tar.bz2</a>,
-    and previous snapshots are also available at 
+    and previous snapshots are also available at
     <a href="http://buildroot.net/downloads/snapshots/">http://buildroot.net/downloads/snapshots/</a>.</p>
 
     <p>To download Buildroot using Git, you can simply follow
-    the rules described on the &quot;Accessing Git&quot; page 
+    the rules described on the &quot;Accessing Git&quot; page
     (<a href= "http://buildroot.net/git.html">http://buildroot.net/git.html</a>)
-    of the Buildroot website 
+    of the Buildroot website
     (<a href="http://buildroot.net">http://buildroot.net</a>).
     For the impatient, here's a quick recipe:</p>
 
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@
     <h2 id="using">Using Buildroot</h2>
 
     <p>Buildroot has a nice configuration tool similar to the one you can find
-    in the Linux kernel 
+    in the Linux kernel
     (<a href="http://www.kernel.org/">http://www.kernel.org/</a>) or in Busybox
     (<a href="http://www.busybox.org/">http://www.busybox.org/</a>). Note that
-    you can (and should) build everything as a normal user. There is no need to 
-    be root to configure and use Buildroot. The first step is to run the 
+    you can (and should) build everything as a normal user. There is no need to
+    be root to configure and use Buildroot. The first step is to run the
     configuration assistant:</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -160,15 +160,15 @@
 
     <p>to run the Qt3 or GTK-based configurators.</p>
 
-    <p>All of these "make" commands will need to build a configuration 
-    utility, so you may need to install "development" packages for relevant 
-    libraries used by the configuration utilities. On Debian-like systems, 
+    <p>All of these "make" commands will need to build a configuration
+    utility, so you may need to install "development" packages for relevant
+    libraries used by the configuration utilities. On Debian-like systems,
     the <code>libncurses5-dev</code> package is required to use the <i>
-    menuconfig</i> interface, <code>libqt3-mt-dev</code> is required to use 
-    the <i>xconfig</i> interface, and <code>libglib2.0-dev, libgtk2.0-dev 
+    menuconfig</i> interface, <code>libqt3-mt-dev</code> is required to use
+    the <i>xconfig</i> interface, and <code>libglib2.0-dev, libgtk2.0-dev
     and libglade2-dev</code> are needed to use the <i>gconfig</i> interface.</p>
 
-    <p>For each menu entry in the configuration tool, you can find associated 
+    <p>For each menu entry in the configuration tool, you can find associated
     help that describes the purpose of the entry.</p>
 
     <p>Once everything is configured, the configuration tool generates a
@@ -195,50 +195,50 @@
     selected in the Buildroot configuration.
    </p>
 
-    <p>Buildroot output is stored in a single directory, <code>output/</code>. 
+    <p>Buildroot output is stored in a single directory, <code>output/</code>.
     This directory contains several subdirectories:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><code>images/</code> where all the images (kernel image, 
+      <li><code>images/</code> where all the images (kernel image,
       bootloader and root filesystem images) are stored.</li>
 
-      <li><code>build/</code> where all the components except for the 
-      cross-compilation toolchain are built (this includes tools needed to 
-      run Buildroot on the host and packages compiled for the target). The 
-      <code>build/</code> directory contains one subdirectory for each of 
+      <li><code>build/</code> where all the components except for the
+      cross-compilation toolchain are built (this includes tools needed to
+      run Buildroot on the host and packages compiled for the target). The
+      <code>build/</code> directory contains one subdirectory for each of
       these components.</li>
 
-      <li><code>staging/</code> which contains a hierarchy similar to a root 
-      filesystem hierarchy. This directory contains the installation of the 
-      cross-compilation toolchain and all the userspace packages selected 
-      for the target. However, this directory is <i>not</i> intended to be 
-      the root filesystem for the target: it contains a lot of development 
-      files, unstripped binaries and libraries that make it far too big for 
-      an embedded system. These development files are used to compile 
-      libraries and applications for the target that depend on other 
+      <li><code>staging/</code> which contains a hierarchy similar to a root
+      filesystem hierarchy. This directory contains the installation of the
+      cross-compilation toolchain and all the userspace packages selected
+      for the target. However, this directory is <i>not</i> intended to be
+      the root filesystem for the target: it contains a lot of development
+      files, unstripped binaries and libraries that make it far too big for
+      an embedded system. These development files are used to compile
+      libraries and applications for the target that depend on other
       libraries.</li>
 
-      <li><code>target/</code> which contains <i>almost</i> the complete 
-      root filesystem for the target: everything needed is present except 
-      the device files in <code>/dev/</code> (Buildroot can't create them 
-      because Buildroot doesn't run as root and doesn't want to run as 
+      <li><code>target/</code> which contains <i>almost</i> the complete
+      root filesystem for the target: everything needed is present except
+      the device files in <code>/dev/</code> (Buildroot can't create them
+      because Buildroot doesn't run as root and doesn't want to run as
       root). Therefore, this directory <b>should not be used on your target</b>.
-      Instead, you should use one of the images built in the 
-      <code>images/</code> directory. If you need an extracted image of the 
-      root filesystem for booting over NFS, then use the tarball image 
-      generated in <code>images/</code> and extract it as root.<br/>Compared 
-      to <code>staging/</code>, <code>target/</code> contains only the 
-      files and libraries needed to run the selected target applications: 
+      Instead, you should use one of the images built in the
+      <code>images/</code> directory. If you need an extracted image of the
+      root filesystem for booting over NFS, then use the tarball image
+      generated in <code>images/</code> and extract it as root.<br/>Compared
+      to <code>staging/</code>, <code>target/</code> contains only the
+      files and libraries needed to run the selected target applications:
       the development files (headers, etc.) are not present, unless the
       <code>development files in target filesystem</code> option is selected.
       </li>
 
-      <li><code>host/</code> contains the installation of tools compiled for 
-      the host that are needed for the proper execution of Buildroot, except 
-      for the cross-compilation toolchain which is installed under 
+      <li><code>host/</code> contains the installation of tools compiled for
+      the host that are needed for the proper execution of Buildroot, except
+      for the cross-compilation toolchain which is installed under
       <code>staging/</code>.</li>
 
-      <li><code>toolchain/</code> contains the build directories for the 
+      <li><code>toolchain/</code> contains the build directories for the
       various components of the cross-compilation toolchain.</li>
     </ul>
 
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@
 
     <h3 id="building_out_of_tree">Building out-of-tree</h3>
 
-    <p>Buildroot supports building out of tree with a syntax similar to the 
-    Linux kernel. To use it, add O=&lt;directory&gt; to the make command 
+    <p>Buildroot supports building out of tree with a syntax similar to the
+    Linux kernel. To use it, add O=&lt;directory&gt; to the make command
     line:</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -273,14 +273,14 @@
 
     <p>All the output files will be located under <code>/tmp/build</code>.</p>
 
-    <p>When using out-of-tree builds, the Buildroot <code>.config</code> and 
-    temporary files are also stored in the output directory. This means that 
-    you can safely run multiple builds in parallel using the same source 
+    <p>When using out-of-tree builds, the Buildroot <code>.config</code> and
+    temporary files are also stored in the output directory. This means that
+    you can safely run multiple builds in parallel using the same source
     tree as long as they use unique output directories.</p>
 
-    <p>For ease of use, Buildroot generates a Makefile wrapper in the output 
-    directory - So after the first run, you no longer need to pass 
-    <code>O=..</code> and <code>-C ..</code>, simply run (in the output 
+    <p>For ease of use, Buildroot generates a Makefile wrapper in the output
+    directory - So after the first run, you no longer need to pass
+    <code>O=..</code> and <code>-C ..</code>, simply run (in the output
     directory):</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -294,12 +294,12 @@
     <ul>
       <li><code>HOSTCXX</code>, the host C++ compiler to use</li>
       <li><code>HOSTCC</code>, the host C compiler to use</li>
-      <li><code>UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE=&lt;path/to/.config&gt;</code>, path to 
-      the uClibc configuration file, used to compile uClibc, if an 
+      <li><code>UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE=&lt;path/to/.config&gt;</code>, path to
+      the uClibc configuration file, used to compile uClibc, if an
       internal toolchain is being built</li>
-      <li><code>BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE=&lt;path/to/.config&gt;</code>, path to 
+      <li><code>BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE=&lt;path/to/.config&gt;</code>, path to
       the Busybox configuration file</li>
-      <li><code>BUILDROOT_DL_DIR</code> to override the directory in which 
+      <li><code>BUILDROOT_DL_DIR</code> to override the directory in which
       Buildroot stores/retrieves downloaded files</li>
     </ul>
 
@@ -322,41 +322,41 @@
     <p>There are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li>Customize the target filesystem directly and rebuild the image. 
-      The target filesystem is available under <code>output/target/</code>. 
-      You can simply make your changes here and run make afterwards &mdash; 
-      this will rebuild the target filesystem image. This method allows you 
-      to do anything to the target filesystem, but if you decide to 
-      completely rebuild your toolchain and tools, these changes will be 
+      <li>Customize the target filesystem directly and rebuild the image.
+      The target filesystem is available under <code>output/target/</code>.
+      You can simply make your changes here and run make afterwards &mdash;
+      this will rebuild the target filesystem image. This method allows you
+      to do anything to the target filesystem, but if you decide to
+      completely rebuild your toolchain and tools, these changes will be
       lost.</li>
 
       <li>Customize the target filesystem skeleton available under <code>
-      fs/skeleton/</code>. You can customize configuration files or other 
-      stuff here. However, the full file hierarchy is not yet present 
-      because it's created during the compilation process. Therefore, you 
-      can't do everything on this target filesystem skeleton, but changes to 
-      it do remain even if you completely rebuild the cross-compilation 
+      fs/skeleton/</code>. You can customize configuration files or other
+      stuff here. However, the full file hierarchy is not yet present
+      because it's created during the compilation process. Therefore, you
+      can't do everything on this target filesystem skeleton, but changes to
+      it do remain even if you completely rebuild the cross-compilation
       toolchain and the tools. <br /> You can also customize the <code>
-      target/generic/device_table.txt</code> file, which is used by the 
-      tools that generate the target filesystem image to properly set 
-      permissions and create device nodes.<br /> These customizations are 
-      deployed into <code>output/target/</code> just before the actual image 
-      is made. Simply rebuilding the image by running make should propagate 
+      target/generic/device_table.txt</code> file, which is used by the
+      tools that generate the target filesystem image to properly set
+      permissions and create device nodes.<br /> These customizations are
+      deployed into <code>output/target/</code> just before the actual image
+      is made. Simply rebuilding the image by running make should propagate
       any new changes to the image.</li>
 
       <li>Add support for your own target in Buildroot, so that you
       have your own target skeleton (see <a href="#board_support">this
       section</a> for details).</li>
 
-      <li>In the Buildroot configuration, you can specify the path to a 
-      post-build script, that gets called <i>after</i> Buildroot builds all 
-      the selected software, but <i>before</i> the rootfs packages are 
-      assembled. The destination root filesystem folder is given as the 
-      first argument to this script, and this script can then be used to 
-      copy programs, static data or any other needed file to your target 
-      filesystem.<br/>You should, however, use this feature with care. 
-      Whenever you find that a certain package generates wrong or unneeded 
-      files, you should fix that package rather than work around it with a 
+      <li>In the Buildroot configuration, you can specify the path to a
+      post-build script, that gets called <i>after</i> Buildroot builds all
+      the selected software, but <i>before</i> the rootfs packages are
+      assembled. The destination root filesystem folder is given as the
+      first argument to this script, and this script can then be used to
+      copy programs, static data or any other needed file to your target
+      filesystem.<br/>You should, however, use this feature with care.
+      Whenever you find that a certain package generates wrong or unneeded
+      files, you should fix that package rather than work around it with a
       post-build cleanup script.</li>
 
       <li>A special package, <i>customize</i>, stored in
@@ -368,12 +368,12 @@
 
     <h2 id="custom_busybox">Customizing the Busybox configuration</h2>
 
-    <p><a href="http://www.busybox.net/">Busybox</a> is very configurable, 
-    and you may want to customize it. You can follow these simple steps to 
+    <p><a href="http://www.busybox.net/">Busybox</a> is very configurable,
+    and you may want to customize it. You can follow these simple steps to
     do so. This method isn't optimal, but it's simple, and it works:</p>
 
     <ol>
-      <li>Do an initial compilation of Buildroot, with busybox, without 
+      <li>Do an initial compilation of Buildroot, with busybox, without
       trying to customize it.</li>
 
       <li>Invoke <code>make busybox-menuconfig</code>.
@@ -387,13 +387,13 @@
     <code>package/busybox/busybox-&lt;version&gt;.config</code> file, if you
     know the options you want to change, without using the configuration tool.
     </p>
-    
+
     <p>If you want to use an existing config file for busybox, then see
     section <a href="#environment_variables">environment variables</a>.</p>
 
     <h2 id="custom_uclibc">Customizing the uClibc configuration</h2>
 
-    <p>Just like <a href="#custom_busybox">BusyBox</a>, 
+    <p>Just like <a href="#custom_busybox">BusyBox</a>,
     <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> offers a lot of
     configuration options. They allow you to select various
     functionalities depending on your needs and limitations.</p>
@@ -430,11 +430,11 @@
 
     <h2 id="custom_linux26">Customizing the Linux kernel configuration</h2>
 
-    <p>The Linux kernel configuration can be customized just like 
-    <a href="#custom_busybox">BusyBox</a> and 
+    <p>The Linux kernel configuration can be customized just like
+    <a href="#custom_busybox">BusyBox</a> and
     <a href="#custom_uclibc">uClibc</a> using <code>make linux26-menuconfig
-    </code>. Make sure you have enabled the kernel build in <code>make 
-    menuconfig</code> first. Once done, run <code>make</code> to (re)build 
+    </code>. Make sure you have enabled the kernel build in <code>make
+    menuconfig</code> first. Once done, run <code>make</code> to (re)build
     everything.</p>
 
     <p>If you want to use an existing config file for Linux, then see
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@
       from the compilation step (execution of <code>make</code>).</li>
     </ul>
 
-    <p>For other packages, an analysis of the specific <i>package.mk</i> 
-    file is needed. For example, the zlib Makefile used to look like this 
+    <p>For other packages, an analysis of the specific <i>package.mk</i>
+    file is needed. For example, the zlib Makefile used to look like this
     (before it was converted to the generic package infrastructure):</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -509,14 +509,14 @@ $(ZLIB_DIR)/libz.a: $(ZLIB_DIR)/.configured
 
     <h2 id="buildroot_innards">How Buildroot works</h2>
 
-    <p>As mentioned above, Buildroot is basically a set of Makefiles that 
-    download, configure, and compile software with the correct options. It 
-    also includes patches for various software packages &mdash;  mainly the 
-    ones involved in the cross-compilation tool chain (<code>gcc</code>, 
+    <p>As mentioned above, Buildroot is basically a set of Makefiles that
+    download, configure, and compile software with the correct options. It
+    also includes patches for various software packages &mdash;  mainly the
+    ones involved in the cross-compilation tool chain (<code>gcc</code>,
     <code>binutils</code> and <code>uClibc</code>).</p>
 
-    <p>There is basically one Makefile per software package, and they are 
-    named with the <code>.mk</code> extension. Makefiles are split into 
+    <p>There is basically one Makefile per software package, and they are
+    named with the <code>.mk</code> extension. Makefiles are split into
     three main sections:</p>
 
     <ul>
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ $(ZLIB_DIR)/libz.a: $(ZLIB_DIR)/.configured
       compiles and installs the package <code>something</code>.</li>
 
       <li><code>Config.in</code> is a part of the configuration tool
-      description file. It describes the options related to the 
+      description file. It describes the options related to the
       package.</li>
     </ul>
 
@@ -661,40 +661,40 @@ endif
 
     <h2 id="using_toolchain">Using the generated toolchain outside Buildroot</h2>
 
-    <p>You may want to compile, for your target, your own programs or other 
-    software that are not packaged in Buildroot. In order to do this you can 
+    <p>You may want to compile, for your target, your own programs or other
+    software that are not packaged in Buildroot. In order to do this you can
     use the toolchain that was generated by Buildroot.</p>
 
-    <p>The toolchain generated by Buildroot is located by default in 
-    <code>output/staging/</code>. The simplest way to use it is to add 
-    <code>output/staging/usr/bin/</code> to your PATH environment variable and 
-    then to use <code>ARCH-linux-gcc</code>, <code>ARCH-linux-objdump</code>, 
+    <p>The toolchain generated by Buildroot is located by default in
+    <code>output/staging/</code>. The simplest way to use it is to add
+    <code>output/staging/usr/bin/</code> to your PATH environment variable and
+    then to use <code>ARCH-linux-gcc</code>, <code>ARCH-linux-objdump</code>,
     <code>ARCH-linux-ld</code>, etc.</p>
 
-    <p><b>Important</b>: do not try to move a gcc-3.x toolchain to another 
-    directory &mdash; it won't work because there are some hardcoded paths 
-    in the gcc-3.x configuration. If you are using a current gcc-4.x, it is 
-    possible to relocate the toolchain &mdash; but then <code>--sysroot</code> 
-    must be passed every time the compiler is called to tell where the 
+    <p><b>Important</b>: do not try to move a gcc-3.x toolchain to another
+    directory &mdash; it won't work because there are some hardcoded paths
+    in the gcc-3.x configuration. If you are using a current gcc-4.x, it is
+    possible to relocate the toolchain &mdash; but then <code>--sysroot</code>
+    must be passed every time the compiler is called to tell where the
     libraries and header files are.</p>
 
-    <p>It is also possible to generate the Buildroot toolchain in a 
+    <p>It is also possible to generate the Buildroot toolchain in a
     directory other than <code>output/staging</code> by using the <code>
-    Build options -&gt; Toolchain and header file location</code> options. 
+    Build options -&gt; Toolchain and header file location</code> options.
     This could be useful if the toolchain must be shared with other users.</p>
 
     <h2 id="downloaded_packages">Location of downloaded packages</h2>
 
     <p>It might be useful to know that the various tarballs that are
-    downloaded by the Makefiles are all stored in the <code>DL_DIR</code> 
-    which by default is the <code>dl</code> directory. It's useful, for 
-    example, if you want to keep a complete version of Buildroot which is 
-    known to be working with the associated tarballs. This will allow you to 
-    regenerate the toolchain and the target filesystem with exactly the same 
+    downloaded by the Makefiles are all stored in the <code>DL_DIR</code>
+    which by default is the <code>dl</code> directory. It's useful, for
+    example, if you want to keep a complete version of Buildroot which is
+    known to be working with the associated tarballs. This will allow you to
+    regenerate the toolchain and the target filesystem with exactly the same
     versions.</p>
 
-    <p>If you maintain several Buildroot trees, it might be better to have a 
-    shared download location. This can be accessed by creating a symbolic 
+    <p>If you maintain several Buildroot trees, it might be better to have a
+    shared download location. This can be accessed by creating a symbolic
     link from the <code>dl</code> directory to the shared download location:</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ endif
     toolchain is based on <i>glibc</i>, you'll have to change these values
     according to your cross-compiling toolchain.</p>
 
-    <p>To generate external toolchains, we recommend using 
+    <p>To generate external toolchains, we recommend using
     <a href="http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/dokuwiki/projects/crosstool">Crosstool-NG</a>.
     It allows generating toolchains based on <i>uClibc</i>, <i>glibc</i>
     and <i>eglibc</i> for a wide range of architectures and has good
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ endif
     <h2 id="add_packages">Adding new packages to Buildroot</h2>
 
     <p>This section covers how new packages (userspace libraries or
-    applications) can be integrated into Buildroot. It also shows how existing 
-    packages are integrated, which is needed for fixing issues or tuning their 
+    applications) can be integrated into Buildroot. It also shows how existing
+    packages are integrated, which is needed for fixing issues or tuning their
     configuration.</p>
 
     <ul>
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO
     things in your software. You can look at examples in other
     packages. The syntax of the Config.in file is the same as the one
     for the kernel Kconfig file. The documentation for this syntax is
-    available at 
+    available at
     <a href="http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt">http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt</a>
     </p>
 
@@ -825,28 +825,28 @@ source "package/libfoo/Config.in"
     written in a different way, using different infrastructures:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><b>Makefiles for generic packages</b> (not using autotools): These 
-      are based on an infrastructure similar to the one used for 
-      autotools-based packages, but requires a little more work from the 
-      developer. They specify what should be done for the configuration, 
-      compilation, installation and cleanup of the package. This 
-      infrastructure must be used for all packages that do not use the 
-      autotools as their build system. In the future, other specialized 
-      infrastructures might be written for other build systems.<br/>We cover 
-      them through a <a href="#generic-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a 
+      <li><b>Makefiles for generic packages</b> (not using autotools): These
+      are based on an infrastructure similar to the one used for
+      autotools-based packages, but requires a little more work from the
+      developer. They specify what should be done for the configuration,
+      compilation, installation and cleanup of the package. This
+      infrastructure must be used for all packages that do not use the
+      autotools as their build system. In the future, other specialized
+      infrastructures might be written for other build systems.<br/>We cover
+      them through a <a href="#generic-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a
       <a href="#generic-reference">reference</a>.</li>
 
-      <li><b>Makefiles for autotools-based software</b> (autoconf, automake, 
-      etc.): We provide a dedicated infrastructure for such packages, since 
+      <li><b>Makefiles for autotools-based software</b> (autoconf, automake,
+      etc.): We provide a dedicated infrastructure for such packages, since
       autotools is a very common build system. This infrastructure <i>must
-      </i> be used for new packages that rely on the autotools as their 
-      build system.<br/>We cover them through a 
-      <a href="#autotools-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a 
+      </i> be used for new packages that rely on the autotools as their
+      build system.<br/>We cover them through a
+      <a href="#autotools-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a
       <a href="#autotools-reference">reference</a>.</li>
 
-      <li><b>Manual Makefiles:</b> These are currently obsolete, and no new 
-      manual Makefiles should be added. However, since there are still many 
-      of them in the tree, we keep them documented in a 
+      <li><b>Manual Makefiles:</b> These are currently obsolete, and no new
+      manual Makefiles should be added. However, since there are still many
+      of them in the tree, we keep them documented in a
       <a href="#manual-tutorial">tutorial</a>.</li>
     </ul>
 
@@ -863,61 +863,61 @@ source "package/libfoo/Config.in"
 <span style="color: #000000">08:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_SITE</span> = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
 <span style="color: #000000">09:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</span> = YES
 <span style="color: #000000">10:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</span> = host-libaaa libbbb
-<span style="color: #000000">11:</span> 
+<span style="color: #000000">11:</span>
 <span style="color: #000000">12:</span> define LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS
 <span style="color: #000000">13:</span> 	<span style="color: #009900">$(MAKE)</span> CC=<span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_CC)</span> LD=<span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_LD)</span> -C <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span> all
 <span style="color: #000000">14:</span> endef
-<span style="color: #000000">15:</span> 
+<span style="color: #000000">15:</span>
 <span style="color: #000000">16:</span> define LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 <span style="color: #000000">17:</span> 	<span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.a <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/lib/libfoo.a
 <span style="color: #000000">18:</span> 	<span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0644 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/foo.h <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/include/foo.h
 <span style="color: #000000">19:</span> 	<span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.so* <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/lib
 <span style="color: #000000">20:</span> endef
-<span style="color: #000000">21:</span> 
+<span style="color: #000000">21:</span>
 <span style="color: #000000">22:</span> define LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 <span style="color: #000000">23:</span> 	<span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.so* <span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_DIR)</span>/usr/lib
 <span style="color: #000000">24:</span> 	<span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -d -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_DIR)</span>/etc/foo.d
 <span style="color: #000000">25:</span> endef
-<span style="color: #000000">26:</span> 
+<span style="color: #000000">26:</span>
 <span style="color: #000000">27:</span><span style="color: #009900"> $(eval $(call GENTARGETS,package,libfoo))</span>
 </pre>
 
-    <p>The Makefile begins on line 6 to 8 with metadata information: the 
-    version of the package (<code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>), the name of the 
-    tarball containing the package (<code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>) and the 
-    Internet location at which the tarball can be downloaded 
-    (<code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>). All variables must start with the same prefix, 
-    <code>LIBFOO_</code> in this case. This prefix is always the uppercased 
-    version of the package name (see below to understand where the package 
+    <p>The Makefile begins on line 6 to 8 with metadata information: the
+    version of the package (<code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>), the name of the
+    tarball containing the package (<code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>) and the
+    Internet location at which the tarball can be downloaded
+    (<code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>). All variables must start with the same prefix,
+    <code>LIBFOO_</code> in this case. This prefix is always the uppercased
+    version of the package name (see below to understand where the package
     name is defined).</p>
 
-    <p>On line 9, we specify that this package wants to install something to 
-    the staging space. This is often needed for libraries, since they must 
-    install header files and other development files in the staging space. 
-    This will ensure that the commands listed in the 
+    <p>On line 9, we specify that this package wants to install something to
+    the staging space. This is often needed for libraries, since they must
+    install header files and other development files in the staging space.
+    This will ensure that the commands listed in the
     <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variable will be executed.</p>
 
-    <p>On line 10, we specify the list of dependencies this package relies 
-    on. These dependencies are listed in terms of lower-case package names, 
-    which can be packages for the target (without the <code>host-</code> 
-    prefix) or packages for the host (with the <code>host-</code>) prefix). 
-    Buildroot will ensure that all these packages are built and installed 
+    <p>On line 10, we specify the list of dependencies this package relies
+    on. These dependencies are listed in terms of lower-case package names,
+    which can be packages for the target (without the <code>host-</code>
+    prefix) or packages for the host (with the <code>host-</code>) prefix).
+    Buildroot will ensure that all these packages are built and installed
     <i>before</i> the current package starts its configuration.</p>
 
-    <p>The rest of the Makefile defines what should be done at the different 
-    steps of the package configuration, compilation and installation. 
-    <code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code> tells what steps should be performed to 
-    build the package. <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> tells what 
-    steps should be performed to install the package in the staging space. 
-    <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> tells what steps should be 
+    <p>The rest of the Makefile defines what should be done at the different
+    steps of the package configuration, compilation and installation.
+    <code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code> tells what steps should be performed to
+    build the package. <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> tells what
+    steps should be performed to install the package in the staging space.
+    <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> tells what steps should be
     performed to install the package in the target space.</p>
 
-    <p>All these steps rely on the <code>$(@D)</code> variable, which 
-    contains the directory where the source code of the package has been 
+    <p>All these steps rely on the <code>$(@D)</code> variable, which
+    contains the directory where the source code of the package has been
     extracted.</p>
 
-    <p>Finally, on line 27, we call the <code>GENTARGETS</code> which 
-    generates, according to the variables defined previously, all the 
+    <p>Finally, on line 27, we call the <code>GENTARGETS</code> which
+    generates, according to the variables defined previously, all the
     Makefile code necessary to make your package working.</p>
 
     <h4 id="generic-reference">Makefile for generic packages : reference</h4>
@@ -925,28 +925,28 @@ source "package/libfoo/Config.in"
     <p>The <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro takes three arguments:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li>The first argument is the package directory prefix. If your 
-      package is in <code>package/libfoo</code>, then the directory prefix 
-      is <code>package</code>. If your package is in 
-      <code>package/editors/foo</code>, then the directory prefix must be 
+      <li>The first argument is the package directory prefix. If your
+      package is in <code>package/libfoo</code>, then the directory prefix
+      is <code>package</code>. If your package is in
+      <code>package/editors/foo</code>, then the directory prefix must be
       <code>package/editors</code>.</li>
 
-      <li>The second argument is the lower-cased package name. It must match 
-      the prefix of the variables in the <code>.mk</code> file and must 
-      match the configuration option name in the <code>Config.in</code> 
-      file. For example, if the package name is <code>libfoo</code>, then the 
-      variables in the <code>.mk</code> file must start with 
-      <code>LIBFOO_</code> and the configuration option in the 
+      <li>The second argument is the lower-cased package name. It must match
+      the prefix of the variables in the <code>.mk</code> file and must
+      match the configuration option name in the <code>Config.in</code>
+      file. For example, if the package name is <code>libfoo</code>, then the
+      variables in the <code>.mk</code> file must start with
+      <code>LIBFOO_</code> and the configuration option in the
       <code>Config.in</code> file must be <code>BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO</code>.</li>
 
-      <li>The third argument is optional. It can be used to tell if the 
-      package is a target package (cross-compiled for the target) or a host 
-      package (natively compiled for the host). If unspecified, it is 
+      <li>The third argument is optional. It can be used to tell if the
+      package is a target package (cross-compiled for the target) or a host
+      package (natively compiled for the host). If unspecified, it is
       assumed that it is a target package. See below for details.</li>
     </ul>
 
-    <p>For a given package, in a single <code>.mk</code> file, it is 
-    possible to call GENTARGETS twice, once to create the rules to generate 
+    <p>For a given package, in a single <code>.mk</code> file, it is
+    possible to call GENTARGETS twice, once to create the rules to generate
     a target package and once to create the rules to generate a host package:
     </p>
 
@@ -955,128 +955,128 @@ $(eval $(call GENTARGETS,package,libfoo))
 $(eval $(call GENTARGETS,package,libfoo,host))
 </pre>
 
-    <p>This might be useful if the compilation of the target package 
-    requires some tools to be installed on the host. If the package name is 
-    <code>libfoo</code>, then the name of the package for the target is also 
-    <code>libfoo</code>, while the name of the package for the host is 
-    <code>host-libfoo</code>. These names should be used in the DEPENDENCIES 
-    variables of other packages, if they depend on <code>libfoo</code> or 
+    <p>This might be useful if the compilation of the target package
+    requires some tools to be installed on the host. If the package name is
+    <code>libfoo</code>, then the name of the package for the target is also
+    <code>libfoo</code>, while the name of the package for the host is
+    <code>host-libfoo</code>. These names should be used in the DEPENDENCIES
+    variables of other packages, if they depend on <code>libfoo</code> or
     <code>host-libfoo</code>.</p>
 
-    <p>The call to the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro <b>must</b> be at the 
+    <p>The call to the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro <b>must</b> be at the
     end of the <code>.mk</code> file, after all variable definitions.</p>
 
-    <p>For the target package, the <code>GENTARGETS</code> uses the 
-    variables defined by the .mk file and prefixed by the uppercased package 
-    name: <code>LIBFOO_*</code>. For the host package, it uses the 
-    <code>HOST_LIBFOO_*</code>. For <i>some</i> variables, if the 
-    <code>HOST_LIBFOO_</code> prefixed variable doesn't exist, the package 
-    infrastructure uses the corresponding variable prefixed by 
-    <code>LIBFOO_</code>. This is done for variables that are likely to have 
-    the same value for both the target and host packages. See below for 
+    <p>For the target package, the <code>GENTARGETS</code> uses the
+    variables defined by the .mk file and prefixed by the uppercased package
+    name: <code>LIBFOO_*</code>. For the host package, it uses the
+    <code>HOST_LIBFOO_*</code>. For <i>some</i> variables, if the
+    <code>HOST_LIBFOO_</code> prefixed variable doesn't exist, the package
+    infrastructure uses the corresponding variable prefixed by
+    <code>LIBFOO_</code>. This is done for variables that are likely to have
+    the same value for both the target and host packages. See below for
     details.</p>
 
-    <p>The list of variables that can be set in a <code>.mk</code> file to 
-    give metadata information is (assuming the package name is 
+    <p>The list of variables that can be set in a <code>.mk</code> file to
+    give metadata information is (assuming the package name is
     <code>libfoo</code>) :</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, mandatory, must contain the version 
-      of the package. Note that if <code>HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION</code> doesn't 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, mandatory, must contain the version
+      of the package. Note that if <code>HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION</code> doesn't
       exist, it is assumed to be the same as <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>.<br/>
       Example: <code>LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2</code></li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> may contain the name of the tarball of 
-      the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> is not specified, it 
-      defaults to <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>. If none are specified, then 
-      the value is assumed to be 
-      <code>packagename-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz</code>.<br/>Example: 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> may contain the name of the tarball of
+      the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> is not specified, it
+      defaults to <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>. If none are specified, then
+      the value is assumed to be
+      <code>packagename-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz</code>.<br/>Example:
       <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE = foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2</code></li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code> may contain the name of a patch, that 
-      will be downloaded from the same location as the tarball indicated in 
-      <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH</code> is not 
-      specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>. Also note that 
-      another mechanism is available to patch a package: all files of the 
-      form <code>packagename-packageversion-description.patch</code> present 
-      in the package directory inside Buildroot will be applied to the 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code> may contain the name of a patch, that
+      will be downloaded from the same location as the tarball indicated in
+      <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH</code> is not
+      specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>. Also note that
+      another mechanism is available to patch a package: all files of the
+      form <code>packagename-packageversion-description.patch</code> present
+      in the package directory inside Buildroot will be applied to the
       package after extraction.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code> may contain the Internet location of the 
-      tarball of the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SITE</code> is not 
-      specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>. If none are 
-      specified, then the location is assumed to be 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code> may contain the Internet location of the
+      tarball of the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SITE</code> is not
+      specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>. If none are
+      specified, then the location is assumed to be
       <code>http://$$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/packagename</code>.
-      <br/>Example: 
+      <br/>Example:
       <code>LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo</code>.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the dependencies (in terms 
-      of package name) that are required for the current target package to 
-      compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and 
-      installed before the configuration of the current package starts. In a 
-      similar way, <code>HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the dependencies (in terms
+      of package name) that are required for the current target package to
+      compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and
+      installed before the configuration of the current package starts. In a
+      similar way, <code>HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the
       dependency for the current host package.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code> can be set to <code>YES</code> 
-      or <code>NO</code> (default). If set to <code>YES</code>, then the 
-      commands in the <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variables are 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code> can be set to <code>YES</code>
+      or <code>NO</code> (default). If set to <code>YES</code>, then the
+      commands in the <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variables are
       executed to install the package into the staging directory.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code> can be set to <code>YES</code> 
-      (default) or <code>NO</code>. If set to <code>YES</code>, then the 
-      commands in the <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> variables are 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code> can be set to <code>YES</code>
+      (default) or <code>NO</code>. If set to <code>YES</code>, then the
+      commands in the <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> variables are
       executed to install the package into the target directory.</li> </ul>
 
-    <p>The recommended way to define these variables is to use the following 
+    <p>The recommended way to define these variables is to use the following
     syntax:</p>
 
 <pre>
 LIBFOO_VERSION = 2.32
 </pre>
 
-    <p>Now, the variables that define what should be performed at the 
+    <p>Now, the variables that define what should be performed at the
     different steps of the build process.</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to be 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to be
       performed to configure the package before its compilation</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to be 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to be
       performed to compile the package</li>
 
-      <li><code>HOST_LIBFOO_INSTALL_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to 
-      be performed to install the package, when the package is a host 
-      package. The package must install its files to the directory given by 
-      <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>. All files, including development files such 
-      as headers should be installed, since other packages might be compiled 
+      <li><code>HOST_LIBFOO_INSTALL_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to
+      be performed to install the package, when the package is a host
+      package. The package must install its files to the directory given by
+      <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>. All files, including development files such
+      as headers should be installed, since other packages might be compiled
       on top of this package.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions 
-      to be performed to install the package to the target directory, when 
-      the package is a target package. The package must install its files to 
-      the directory given by <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code>. Only the files 
-      required for <i>documentation</i> and <i>execution</i> of the package 
-      should be installed. Header files should not be installed, they will 
-      be copied to the target, if the 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions
+      to be performed to install the package to the target directory, when
+      the package is a target package. The package must install its files to
+      the directory given by <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code>. Only the files
+      required for <i>documentation</i> and <i>execution</i> of the package
+      should be installed. Header files should not be installed, they will
+      be copied to the target, if the
       <code>development files in target filesystem</code> option is selected.
       </li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions 
-      to be performed to install the package to the staging directory, when 
-      the package is a target package. The package must install its files to 
-      the directory given by <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>. All development 
-      files should be installed, since they might be needed to compile other 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions
+      to be performed to install the package to the staging directory, when
+      the package is a target package. The package must install its files to
+      the directory given by <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>. All development
+      files should be installed, since they might be needed to compile other
       packages.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to
       perform to clean up the build directory of the package.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions
       to uninstall the package from the target directory
       <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code></li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the 
-      actions to uninstall the package from the staging directory 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the
+      actions to uninstall the package from the staging directory
       <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>.</li>
     </ul>
 
@@ -1093,29 +1093,29 @@ endef
     <p>In the action definitions, you can use the following variables:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><code>$(@D)</code>, which contains the directory in which the 
+      <li><code>$(@D)</code>, which contains the directory in which the
       package source code has been uncompressed.</li>
 
-      <li><code>$(TARGET_CC)</code>, <code>$(TARGET_LD)</code>, etc. to get 
+      <li><code>$(TARGET_CC)</code>, <code>$(TARGET_LD)</code>, etc. to get
       the target cross-compilation utilities</li>
 
-      <li><code>$(TARGET_CROSS)</code> to get the cross-compilation 
+      <li><code>$(TARGET_CROSS)</code> to get the cross-compilation
       toolchain prefix</li>
 
       <li>Of course the <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>, <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>
-      and <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code> variables to install the packages 
+      and <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code> variables to install the packages
       properly.</li>
     </ul>
 
-    <p>The last feature of the generic infrastructure is the ability to add 
-    hooks. These define further actions to perform after existing steps. 
-    Most hooks aren't really useful for generic packages, since the 
-    <code>.mk</code> file already has full control over the actions 
-    performed in each step of the package construction. The hooks are more 
-    useful for packages using the autotools infrastructure described below. 
-    However, since they are provided by the generic infrastructure, they are 
-    documented here. The exception is <code>LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS</code>. 
-    Patching the package is not user definable, so 
+    <p>The last feature of the generic infrastructure is the ability to add
+    hooks. These define further actions to perform after existing steps.
+    Most hooks aren't really useful for generic packages, since the
+    <code>.mk</code> file already has full control over the actions
+    performed in each step of the package construction. The hooks are more
+    useful for packages using the autotools infrastructure described below.
+    However, since they are provided by the generic infrastructure, they are
+    documented here. The exception is <code>LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS</code>.
+    Patching the package is not user definable, so
     <code>LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS</code> will be userful for generic packages.
     </p>
 
@@ -1130,8 +1130,8 @@ endef
       <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS</code> (for target packages only)</li>
     </ul>
 
-    <p>These variables are <i>lists</i> of variable names containing actions 
-    to be performed at this hook point. This allows several hooks to be 
+    <p>These variables are <i>lists</i> of variable names containing actions
+    to be performed at this hook point. This allows several hooks to be
     registered at a given hook point. Here is an example:</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
 
    <h4 id="autotools-tutorial">Makefile for autotools-based packages : tutorial</h4>
 
-   <p>First, let's see how to write a <code>.mk</code> file for an 
+   <p>First, let's see how to write a <code>.mk</code> file for an
    autotools-based package, with an example :</p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -1166,163 +1166,163 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
 </pre>
 
     <p>On line 6, we declare the version of the package.</p>
-    
-    <p>On line 7 and 8, we declare the name of the tarball and the location 
-    of the tarball on the Web. Buildroot will automatically download the 
+
+    <p>On line 7 and 8, we declare the name of the tarball and the location
+    of the tarball on the Web. Buildroot will automatically download the
     tarball from this location.</p>
 
-    <p>On line 9, we tell Buildroot to install the package to the staging 
+    <p>On line 9, we tell Buildroot to install the package to the staging
     directory. The staging directory, located in <code>output/staging/</code>
-    is the directory where all the packages are installed, including their 
-    development files, etc. By default, packages are not installed to the 
-    staging directory, since usually, only libraries need to be installed in 
-    the staging directory: their development files are needed to compile 
-    other libraries or applications depending on them. Also by default, when 
-    staging installation is enabled, packages are installed in this location 
+    is the directory where all the packages are installed, including their
+    development files, etc. By default, packages are not installed to the
+    staging directory, since usually, only libraries need to be installed in
+    the staging directory: their development files are needed to compile
+    other libraries or applications depending on them. Also by default, when
+    staging installation is enabled, packages are installed in this location
     using the <code>make install</code> command.</p>
 
-    <p>On line 10, we tell Buildroot to also install the package to the 
-    target directory. This directory contains what will become the root 
-    filesystem running on the target. Usually, we try not to install header 
-    files and to install stripped versions of the binary. By default, target 
-    installation is enabled, so in fact, this line is not strictly 
-    necessary. Also by default, packages are installed in this location 
+    <p>On line 10, we tell Buildroot to also install the package to the
+    target directory. This directory contains what will become the root
+    filesystem running on the target. Usually, we try not to install header
+    files and to install stripped versions of the binary. By default, target
+    installation is enabled, so in fact, this line is not strictly
+    necessary. Also by default, packages are installed in this location
     using the <code>make install</code> command.</p>
 
-    <p>On line 11, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure option, that 
-    will be passed to the <code>./configure</code> script before configuring 
+    <p>On line 11, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure option, that
+    will be passed to the <code>./configure</code> script before configuring
     and building the package.</p>
 
-    <p>On line 12, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built 
+    <p>On line 12, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built
     before the build process of our package starts.</p>
 
-    <p>Finally, on line line 14, we invoke the <code>AUTOTARGETS</code> 
-    macro that generates all the Makefile rules that actually allows the 
+    <p>Finally, on line line 14, we invoke the <code>AUTOTARGETS</code>
+    macro that generates all the Makefile rules that actually allows the
     package to be built.</p>
 
     <h4 id="autotools-reference">Makefile for autotools packages : reference</h4>
 
-    <p>The main macro of the autotools package infrastructure is 
-    <code>AUTOTARGETS</code>. It has the same number of arguments and the 
-    same semantic as the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro, which is the main 
-    macro of the generic package infrastructure. For autotools packages, the 
-    ability to have target and host packages is also available (and is 
+    <p>The main macro of the autotools package infrastructure is
+    <code>AUTOTARGETS</code>. It has the same number of arguments and the
+    same semantic as the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro, which is the main
+    macro of the generic package infrastructure. For autotools packages, the
+    ability to have target and host packages is also available (and is
     actually widely used).</p>
 
-    <p>Just like the generic infrastructure, the autotools infrastructure 
-    works by defining a number of variables before calling the 
+    <p>Just like the generic infrastructure, the autotools infrastructure
+    works by defining a number of variables before calling the
     <code>AUTOTARGETS</code> macro.</p>
 
-    <p>First, all the package metadata information variables that exist in the 
-    generic infrastructure also exist in the autotools infrastructure: 
-    <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>, 
-    <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>, 
-    <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>, <code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code>, 
+    <p>First, all the package metadata information variables that exist in the
+    generic infrastructure also exist in the autotools infrastructure:
+    <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>,
+    <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>,
+    <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>, <code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code>,
     <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code>, <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code>.</p>
 
-    <p>A few additional variables, specific to the autotools infrastructure, 
-    can also be defined. Many of them are only useful in very specific 
+    <p>A few additional variables, specific to the autotools infrastructure,
+    can also be defined. Many of them are only useful in very specific
     cases, typical packages will therefore only use a few of them.</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> may contain the name of a subdirectory 
-      inside the package that contains the configure script. This is useful, 
-      if for example, the main configure script is not at the root of the 
-      tree extracted by the tarball. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> is 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> may contain the name of a subdirectory
+      inside the package that contains the configure script. This is useful,
+      if for example, the main configure script is not at the root of the
+      tree extracted by the tarball. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> is
       not specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_ENV</code>, to specify additional environment 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_ENV</code>, to specify additional environment
       variables to pass to the configure script. By default, empty.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_OPT</code>, to specify additional configure 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_OPT</code>, to specify additional configure
       options to pass to the configure script. By default, empty.</li>
 
       <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE</code>, to specify an alternate <code>make</code>
-      command. This is typically useful when parallel make is enabled in 
-      the configuration (using <code>BR2_JLEVEL</code>) but that this 
-      feature should be disabled for the given package, for one reason or 
-      another. By default, set to <code>$(MAKE)</code>. If parallel building 
-      is not supported by the package, then it should be set to 
+      command. This is typically useful when parallel make is enabled in
+      the configuration (using <code>BR2_JLEVEL</code>) but that this
+      feature should be disabled for the given package, for one reason or
+      another. By default, set to <code>$(MAKE)</code>. If parallel building
+      is not supported by the package, then it should be set to
       <code>LIBFOO_MAKE=$(MAKE1)</code>.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_ENV</code>, to specify additional environment 
-      variables to pass to make in the build step. These are passed before 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_ENV</code>, to specify additional environment
+      variables to pass to make in the build step. These are passed before
       the <code>make</code> command. By default, empty.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_OPT</code>, to specify additional variables to 
-      pass to make in the build step. These are passed after the 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_OPT</code>, to specify additional variables to
+      pass to make in the build step. These are passed after the
       <code>make</code> command. By default, empty.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF</code>, tells whether the package should 
-      be autoreconfigured or not (i.e, if the configure script and 
-      Makefile.in files should be re-generated by re-running autoconf, 
-      automake, libtool, etc.). Valid values are <code>YES</code> and 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF</code>, tells whether the package should
+      be autoreconfigured or not (i.e, if the configure script and
+      Makefile.in files should be re-generated by re-running autoconf,
+      automake, libtool, etc.). Valid values are <code>YES</code> and
       <code>NO</code>. By default, the value is <code>NO</code></li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF_OPT</code> to specify additional options 
-      passed to the <i>autoreconf</i> program if 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF_OPT</code> to specify additional options
+      passed to the <i>autoreconf</i> program if
       <code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF=YES</code>. By default, empty.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_LIBTOOL_PATCH</code> tells whether the Buildroot 
-      patch to fix libtool cross-compilation issues should be applied or 
-      not. Valid values are <code>YES</code> and <code>NO</code>. By 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_LIBTOOL_PATCH</code> tells whether the Buildroot
+      patch to fix libtool cross-compilation issues should be applied or
+      not. Valid values are <code>YES</code> and <code>NO</code>. By
       default, the value is <code>YES</code></li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_USE_CONFIG_CACHE</code> tells whether the configure 
-      script should use the central configure cache, which caches test 
-      results from previous configure scripts. Usually, this variable should 
-      be left to its default value. Only packages having issues with the 
-      configure cache, can set this variable to the <code>NO</code> value 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_USE_CONFIG_CACHE</code> tells whether the configure
+      script should use the central configure cache, which caches test
+      results from previous configure scripts. Usually, this variable should
+      be left to its default value. Only packages having issues with the
+      configure cache, can set this variable to the <code>NO</code> value
       (but this is more of a work-around than a fix)</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code> contains the make options 
-      used to install the package to the staging directory. By default, the 
-      value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install</code>, which is 
-      correct for most autotools packages. It is still possible to override 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code> contains the make options
+      used to install the package to the staging directory. By default, the
+      value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install</code>, which is
+      correct for most autotools packages. It is still possible to override
       it.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code> contains the make options 
-      used to install the package to the target directory. By default, the 
-      value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install</code>. The default 
-      value is correct for most autotools packages, but it is still possible 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code> contains the make options
+      used to install the package to the target directory. By default, the
+      value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install</code>. The default
+      value is correct for most autotools packages, but it is still possible
       to override it if needed.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_OPT</code> contains the make options used to 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_OPT</code> contains the make options used to
       clean the package. By default, the value is <code>clean</code>.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code>, contains the make 
-      options used to uninstall the package from the staging directory. By 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code>, contains the make
+      options used to uninstall the package from the staging directory. By
       default, the value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) uninstall</code>.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code>, contains the make 
-      options used to uninstall the package from the target directory. By 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code>, contains the make
+      options used to uninstall the package from the target directory. By
       default, the value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) uninstall</code>.</li>
     </ul>
 
-    <p>With the autotools infrastructure, all the steps required to build 
-    and install the packages are already defined, and they generally work 
-    well for most autotools-based packages. However, when required, it is 
+    <p>With the autotools infrastructure, all the steps required to build
+    and install the packages are already defined, and they generally work
+    well for most autotools-based packages. However, when required, it is
     still possible to customize what is done in any particular step:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li>By adding a post-operation hook (after extract, patch, configure, 
-      build or install). See the reference documentation of the generic 
+      <li>By adding a post-operation hook (after extract, patch, configure,
+      build or install). See the reference documentation of the generic
       infrastructure for details.</li>
 
-      <li>By overriding one of the steps. For example, even if the autotools 
-      infrastructure is used, if the package <code>.mk</code> file defines its 
-      own <code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code> variable, it will be used 
-      instead of the default autotools one. However, using this method 
-      should be restricted to very specific cases. Do not use it in the 
+      <li>By overriding one of the steps. For example, even if the autotools
+      infrastructure is used, if the package <code>.mk</code> file defines its
+      own <code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code> variable, it will be used
+      instead of the default autotools one. However, using this method
+      should be restricted to very specific cases. Do not use it in the
       general case.</li>
     </ul>
 
     <h4 id ="manual-tutorial">Manual Makefile : tutorial</h4>
 
-    <p><b>NOTE: new manual makefiles should not be created, and existing 
-    manual makefiles should be converted either to the generic 
-    infrastructure or the autotools infrastructure. This section is only 
-    kept to document the existing manual makefiles and to help understand 
+    <p><b>NOTE: new manual makefiles should not be created, and existing
+    manual makefiles should be converted either to the generic
+    infrastructure or the autotools infrastructure. This section is only
+    kept to document the existing manual makefiles and to help understand
     how they work.</b></p>
 
 <pre>
@@ -1386,134 +1386,134 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
 58: endif
 </pre>
 
-    <p>First of all, this Makefile example works for a package which 
-    comprises a single binary executable. For other software, such as 
-    libraries or more complex stuff with multiple binaries, it must be 
-    adapted. For examples look at the other <code>*.mk</code> files in the 
+    <p>First of all, this Makefile example works for a package which
+    comprises a single binary executable. For other software, such as
+    libraries or more complex stuff with multiple binaries, it must be
+    adapted. For examples look at the other <code>*.mk</code> files in the
     <code>package</code> directory.</p>
 
     <p>At lines <a href="#ex2line6">6-11</a>, a couple of useful variables are
     defined:</p>
 
     <ul>
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>: The version of <i>libfoo</i> that 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>: The version of <i>libfoo</i> that
       should be downloaded.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>: The name of the tarball of <i>libfoo</i> 
-      on the download website or FTP site. As you can see 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>: The name of the tarball of <i>libfoo</i>
+      on the download website or FTP site. As you can see
       <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code> is used.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>: The HTTP or FTP site from which 
-      <i>libfoo</i> archive is downloaded. It must include the complete path to 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>: The HTTP or FTP site from which
+      <i>libfoo</i> archive is downloaded. It must include the complete path to
       the directory where <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> can be found.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_DIR</code>: The directory into which the software will 
-      be configured and compiled. Basically, it's a subdirectory of 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_DIR</code>: The directory into which the software will
+      be configured and compiled. Basically, it's a subdirectory of
       <code>BUILD_DIR</code> which is created upon decompression of the tarball.
       </li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_BINARY</code>: Software binary name. As said previously, 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_BINARY</code>: Software binary name. As said previously,
       this is an example for a package with a single binary.</li>
 
-      <li><code>LIBFOO_TARGET_BINARY</code>: The full path of the binary inside 
+      <li><code>LIBFOO_TARGET_BINARY</code>: The full path of the binary inside
       the target filesystem.</li> </ul>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a> define a target that downloads 
-    the tarball from the remote site to the download directory 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a> define a target that downloads
+    the tarball from the remote site to the download directory
     (<code>DL_DIR</code>).</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line16">16-18</a> define a target and associated 
-    rules that uncompress the downloaded tarball. As you can see, this 
-    target depends on the tarball file so that the previous target (lines 
-    <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a>) is called before executing the rules of 
-    the current target. Uncompressing is followed by <i>touching</i> a 
-    hidden file to mark the software as having been uncompressed. This trick 
-    is used everywhere in a Buildroot Makefile to split steps (download, 
-    uncompress, configure, compile, install) while still having correct 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line16">16-18</a> define a target and associated
+    rules that uncompress the downloaded tarball. As you can see, this
+    target depends on the tarball file so that the previous target (lines
+    <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a>) is called before executing the rules of
+    the current target. Uncompressing is followed by <i>touching</i> a
+    hidden file to mark the software as having been uncompressed. This trick
+    is used everywhere in a Buildroot Makefile to split steps (download,
+    uncompress, configure, compile, install) while still having correct
     dependencies.</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line20">20-31</a> define a target and associated 
-    rules that configure the software. It depends on the previous target 
-    (the hidden <code>.source</code> file) so that we are sure the software 
-    has been uncompressed. In order to configure the package, it basically 
-    runs the well-known <code>./configure</code> script. As we may be doing 
-    cross-compilation, <code>target</code>, <code>host</code> and 
-    <code>build</code> arguments are given. The prefix is also set to 
-    <code>/usr</code>, not because the software will be installed in 
-    <code>/usr</code> on your host system, but because the software will be 
-    installed in <code> /usr</code> on the target filesystem. Finally it 
-    creates a <code>.configured</code> file to mark the software as 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line20">20-31</a> define a target and associated
+    rules that configure the software. It depends on the previous target
+    (the hidden <code>.source</code> file) so that we are sure the software
+    has been uncompressed. In order to configure the package, it basically
+    runs the well-known <code>./configure</code> script. As we may be doing
+    cross-compilation, <code>target</code>, <code>host</code> and
+    <code>build</code> arguments are given. The prefix is also set to
+    <code>/usr</code>, not because the software will be installed in
+    <code>/usr</code> on your host system, but because the software will be
+    installed in <code> /usr</code> on the target filesystem. Finally it
+    creates a <code>.configured</code> file to mark the software as
     configured.</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line33">33-34</a> define a target and a rule that 
-    compile the software. This target will create the binary file in the 
-    compilation directory and depends on the software being already 
-    configured (hence the reference to the <code>.configured</code> file). 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line33">33-34</a> define a target and a rule that
+    compile the software. This target will create the binary file in the
+    compilation directory and depends on the software being already
+    configured (hence the reference to the <code>.configured</code> file).
     It basically runs <code>make</code> inside the source directory.</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line36">36-38</a> define a target and associated 
-    rules that install the software inside the target filesystem. They 
-    depend on the binary file in the source directory to make sure the 
-    software has been compiled. They use the <code>install-strip</code> 
-    target of the software <code>Makefile</code> by passing a 
-    <code>DESTDIR</code> argument so that the <code>Makefile</code> doesn't 
-    try to install the software in the host <code>/usr</code> but rather in 
-    the target <code>/usr</code>. After the installation, the 
-    <code>/usr/man </code> directory inside the target filesystem is removed 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line36">36-38</a> define a target and associated
+    rules that install the software inside the target filesystem. They
+    depend on the binary file in the source directory to make sure the
+    software has been compiled. They use the <code>install-strip</code>
+    target of the software <code>Makefile</code> by passing a
+    <code>DESTDIR</code> argument so that the <code>Makefile</code> doesn't
+    try to install the software in the host <code>/usr</code> but rather in
+    the target <code>/usr</code>. After the installation, the
+    <code>/usr/man </code> directory inside the target filesystem is removed
     to save space. </p>
 
-    <p>Line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a> defines the main target of the 
-    software &mdash; the one that will eventually be used by the top level 
-    <code>Makefile</code> to download, compile, and then install this 
-    package. This target should first of all depend on all needed 
-    dependencies of the software (in our example, <i>uclibc</i> and 
-    <i>ncurses</i>) and also depend on the final binary. This last dependency 
+    <p>Line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a> defines the main target of the
+    software &mdash; the one that will eventually be used by the top level
+    <code>Makefile</code> to download, compile, and then install this
+    package. This target should first of all depend on all needed
+    dependencies of the software (in our example, <i>uclibc</i> and
+    <i>ncurses</i>) and also depend on the final binary. This last dependency
     will call all previous dependencies in the correct order.</p>
 
-    <p>Line <a href="#ex2line42">42</a> defines a simple target that only 
-    downloads the code source. This is not used during normal operation of 
-    Buildroot, but is needed if you intend to download all required sources 
-    at once for later offline build. Note that if you add a new package, 
-    providing a <code>libfoo-source</code> target is <i>mandatory</i> to 
-    support users that wish to do offline-builds. Furthermore, it eases 
+    <p>Line <a href="#ex2line42">42</a> defines a simple target that only
+    downloads the code source. This is not used during normal operation of
+    Buildroot, but is needed if you intend to download all required sources
+    at once for later offline build. Note that if you add a new package,
+    providing a <code>libfoo-source</code> target is <i>mandatory</i> to
+    support users that wish to do offline-builds. Furthermore, it eases
     checking if all package-sources are downloadable.</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line44">44-46</a> define a simple target to clean 
-    the software build by calling the Makefile with the appropriate options. 
-    The <code>-clean</code> target should run <code>make clean</code> on 
-    $(BUILD_DIR)/package-version and MUST uninstall all files of the package 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line44">44-46</a> define a simple target to clean
+    the software build by calling the Makefile with the appropriate options.
+    The <code>-clean</code> target should run <code>make clean</code> on
+    $(BUILD_DIR)/package-version and MUST uninstall all files of the package
     from $(STAGING_DIR) and from $(TARGET_DIR).</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line48">48-49</a> define a simple target to 
-    completely remove the directory in which the software was uncompressed, 
-    configured and compiled. The <code>-dirclean</code> target MUST 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line48">48-49</a> define a simple target to
+    completely remove the directory in which the software was uncompressed,
+    configured and compiled. The <code>-dirclean</code> target MUST
     completely rm $(BUILD_DIR)/ package-version.</p>
 
-    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line51">51-58</a> add the target <code>libfoo</code> 
-    to the list of targets to be compiled by Buildroot, by first checking if 
-    the configuration option for this package has been enabled using the 
-    configuration tool. If so, it then &quot;subscribes&quot; this package 
-    to be compiled by adding the package to the TARGETS global variable.  
-    The name added to the TARGETS global variable is the name of this 
-    package's target, as defined on line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a>, which 
+    <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line51">51-58</a> add the target <code>libfoo</code>
+    to the list of targets to be compiled by Buildroot, by first checking if
+    the configuration option for this package has been enabled using the
+    configuration tool. If so, it then &quot;subscribes&quot; this package
+    to be compiled by adding the package to the TARGETS global variable.
+    The name added to the TARGETS global variable is the name of this
+    package's target, as defined on line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a>, which
     is used by Buildroot to download, compile, and then install this package.
     </p>
 
     <h3 id="gettext-integration">Gettext integration and interaction with packages</h3>
 
-    <p>Many packages that support internationalization use the gettext 
-    library. Dependencies for this library are fairly complicated and therefore, 
+    <p>Many packages that support internationalization use the gettext
+    library. Dependencies for this library are fairly complicated and therefore,
     deserves some explanation.</p>
 
-    <p>The <i>uClibc</i> C library doesn't implement gettext functionality, 
-    therefore with this C library, a separate gettext must be compiled. On 
-    the other hand, the <i>glibc</i> C library does integrate its own 
-    gettext, and in this case, the separate gettext library should not be 
+    <p>The <i>uClibc</i> C library doesn't implement gettext functionality,
+    therefore with this C library, a separate gettext must be compiled. On
+    the other hand, the <i>glibc</i> C library does integrate its own
+    gettext, and in this case, the separate gettext library should not be
     compiled, because it creates various kinds of build failures.</p>
 
-    <p>Additionally, some packages (such as libglib2) do require gettext 
-    unconditionally, while other packages (those who support 
-    <code>--disable-nls</code> in general) only require gettext when locale 
+    <p>Additionally, some packages (such as libglib2) do require gettext
+    unconditionally, while other packages (those who support
+    <code>--disable-nls</code> in general) only require gettext when locale
     support is enabled.</p>
 
     <p>Therefore, Buildroot defines two configuration options:</p>
@@ -1522,18 +1522,18 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
       <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>, which is true as soon as the
       toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation</li>
 
-      <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>, which is true if the 
-      toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation and if locale 
+      <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>, which is true if the
+      toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation and if locale
       support is enabled</li> </ul>
 
     <p>Therefore, packages that unconditionally need gettext should:</p>
 
     <ol>
-      <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code> 
-      and possibly <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>, 
+      <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>
+      and possibly <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>,
       if libintl is also needed</li>
 
-      <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)</code> in the package 
+      <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)</code> in the package
       <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
     </ol>
 
@@ -1541,23 +1541,23 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
     </p>
 
     <ol>
-      <li>Use 
-      <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code> 
-      and possibly 
-      <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>, 
+      <li>Use
+      <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>
+      and possibly
+      <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>,
       if libintl is also needed</li>
 
-      <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)</code> in 
+      <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)</code> in
       the package <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
     </ol>
 
     <h3>Conclusion</h3>
 
-    <p>As you can see, adding a software package to Buildroot is simply a 
-    matter of writing a Makefile using an  existing example and modifying it 
+    <p>As you can see, adding a software package to Buildroot is simply a
+    matter of writing a Makefile using an  existing example and modifying it
     according to the compilation process required by the package.</p>
 
-    <p>If you package software that might be useful for other people, don't 
+    <p>If you package software that might be useful for other people, don't
     forget to send a patch to Buildroot developers!</p>
 
     <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>
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