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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt index 00244fe7b2..73c25be015 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt @@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ How to add a package from github Packages on github often don't have a download area with release tarballs. However, it is possible to download tarballs directly from the repository -on github. +on github. As github is known to have changed download mechanisms in the +past, the 'github' helper function should be used as shown below. ------------------------ FOO_VERSION = v1.0 # tag or full commit ID -FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) +FOO_SITE = $(call github,<user>,<package>,$(FOO_VERSION)) ------------------------ .Notes |