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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index 40798c0283..9d6401ff02 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -388,6 +388,25 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : to let you know, and +not saved+ will appear in the +license files+ field of the manifest file for this package. +* +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL+ only applies to packages whose + +LIBFOO_SITE+ / +LIBTOO_SOURCE+ pair points to an archive that does + not actually contain source code, but binary code. This a very + uncommon case, only known to apply to external toolchains which come + already compiled, although theoretically it might apply to other + packages. In such cases a separate tarball is usually available with + the actual source code. Set +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL+ to the + name of the actual source code archive and Buildroot will download + it and use it when you run +make legal-info+ to collect + legally-relevant material. Note this file will not be downloaded + during regular builds nor by +make source+. + +* +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE+ provides the location of the actual + source tarball. The default value is +LIBFOO_SITE+, so you don't + need to set this variable if the binary and source archives are + hosted on the same directory. If +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL+ is + not set, it doesn't make sense to define + +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE+. + * +LIBFOO_REDISTRIBUTE+ can be set to +YES+ (default) or +NO+ to indicate if the package source code is allowed to be redistributed. Set it to +NO+ for non-opensource packages: Buildroot will not save the source code for this |
