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authorYann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>2014-02-08 17:04:02 +0100
committerPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>2014-02-08 22:17:00 +0100
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manual: $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/{Config.in, external.mk} are mandatory
The manual is a bit vague about whether Config.in and external.mk are mandatory or optional. Make it explicit in the manual that they are mandatory. Reported-by: Jérémy Rosen <jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Or disable the usage of external definitions:
logic. Buildroot automatically includes +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ to
make it appear in the top-level configuration menu, and includes
+BR2_EXTERNAL/external.mk+ with the rest of the makefile logic.
+ Providing those two files is mandatory, but they can be empty.
+
The main usage of this is to store package recipes. The recommended
way to do this is to write a +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ that looks
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