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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index 67a7453659..f20c9de08e 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ Makefile code necessary to make your package working. ==== +generic-package+ reference There are two variants of the generic target. The +generic-package+ macro is -used for packages to be cross-compiled for the target. The +used for packages to be cross-compiled for the target. The +host-generic-package+ macro is used for host packages, natively compiled -for the host. It is possible to call both of them in a single +.mk+ +for the host. It is possible to call both of them in a single +.mk+ file: once to create the rules to generate a target package and once to create the rules to generate a host package: @@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : is unnecessary. When +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ is not specified, it defaults to the value of +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+. + The possible values of +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ are: - ** +wget+ for normal FTP/HTTP downloads of tarballs. Used by + ** +wget+ for normal FTP/HTTP downloads of tarballs. Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +http://+, +https://+ or +ftp://+. - ** +scp+ for downloads of tarballs over SSH with scp. Used by + ** +scp+ for downloads of tarballs over SSH with scp. Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +scp://+. ** +svn+ for retrieving source code from a Subversion repository. - Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +svn://+. When a + Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +svn://+. When a +http://+ Subversion repository URL is specified in +LIBFOO_SITE+, one 'must' specify +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=svn+. Buildroot performs a checkout which is preserved as a tarball in @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : +LIBFOO_SITE+ 'must' contain the source URL as well as the remote repository directory. The module is the package name. +LIBFOO_VERSION+ is 'mandatory' and 'must' be a timestamp. - ** +git+ for retrieving source code from a Git repository. Used by + ** +git+ for retrieving source code from a Git repository. Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +git://+. The downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method. @@ -288,13 +288,13 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : ** +bzr+ for retrieving source code from a Bazaar repository. Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +bzr://+. The downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method. - ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when + ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a package tarball as a local filename. Useful for software that isn't available publicly or in version control. - ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this + ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing - the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the + the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the source directory into the package's build directory. * +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package |
