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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | package/pkg-generic.mk | 4 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -937,6 +937,7 @@ help: @echo ' <pkg>-dirclean - Remove <pkg> build directory' @echo ' <pkg>-reconfigure - Restart the build from the configure step' @echo ' <pkg>-rebuild - Restart the build from the build step' + $(foreach p,$(HELP_PACKAGES),$($(p)_HELP_CMDS)$(sep)) ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y) @echo ' busybox-menuconfig - Run BusyBox menuconfig' endif diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index 8ed7fe8ee2..de8aca20b5 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -497,6 +497,12 @@ different steps of the build process. systemd is selected as the init system in the configuration, only +LIBFOO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD+ will be run). +* +LIBFOO_HELP_CMDS+ lists the actions to print the package help, which + is included to the main +make help+ output. These commands can print + anything in any format. + This is seldom used, as packages rarely have custom rules. *Do not use + this variable*, unless you really know that you need to print help. + The preferred way to define these variables is: ---------------------- diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk index b03187956e..374d9d56c9 100644 --- a/package/pkg-generic.mk +++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk @@ -914,6 +914,10 @@ ifeq ($$(patsubst %/,ERROR,$$($(2)_SITE)),ERROR) $$(error $(2)_SITE ($$($(2)_SITE)) cannot have a trailing slash) endif +ifneq ($$($(2)_HELP_CMDS),) +HELP_PACKAGES += $(2) +endif + endif # $(2)_KCONFIG_VAR endef # inner-generic-package |
