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authorYann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>2017-09-05 22:34:52 +0200
committerThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2017-09-06 22:13:17 +0200
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docs/manual: add appendix about migration from older versions
... and move the br2-external migration to it. Reported-by: Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Cc: Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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include::makedev-syntax.txt[]
include::makeusers-syntax.txt[]
-include::br2-external-converting.txt[]
+include::migrating.txt[]
diff --git a/docs/manual/br2-external-converting.txt b/docs/manual/migrating.txt
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// -*- mode:doc; -*-
// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
+[[migrating-from-ol-versions]]
+== Migrating from older Buildroot versions
+
+Some versions have introduced backward incompatibilities. This section
+explains those incompatibilities, and for each explains what to do to
+complete the migration.
+
[[br2-external-converting]]
-== Converting old br2-external trees
+=== Migrating to 2016.11
Before Buildroot 2016.11, it was possible to use only one br2-external
tree at once. With Buildroot 2016.11 came the possibility to use more
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