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@@ -179,8 +179,10 @@ some tools to be installed on the host. If the package name is
variables of other packages, if they depend on +libfoo+ or
+host-libfoo+.
-The call to the +generic-package+ and/or +host-generic-package+ macro *must* be
-at the end of the +.mk+ file, after all variable definitions.
+The call to the +generic-package+ and/or +host-generic-package+ macro
+*must* be at the end of the +.mk+ file, after all variable definitions.
+The call to +host-generic-package+ *must* be after the call to
++generic-package+, if any.
For the target package, the +generic-package+ uses the variables defined by
the .mk file and prefixed by the uppercased package name:
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