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@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
URL or a local filesystem path. HTTP, FTP and SCP are supported URL
types for retrieving package tarballs. Git, Subversion, Mercurial,
and Bazaar are supported URL types for retrieving packages directly
- from source code management systems. A filesystem path may be used
+ from source code management systems. There is a helper function to make
+ it easier to download source tarballs from github (refer to
+ xref:github-download-url[] for details). A filesystem path may be used
to specify either a tarball or a directory containing the package
source code. See +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below for more details on how
retrieval works. +
@@ -244,7 +246,6 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
Examples: +
+LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor/+ +
- +LIBFOO_SITE=git://github.com/kergoth/tslib.git+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=/opt/software/libfoo.tar.gz+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo/+
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