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diff --git a/docs/manual/migrating.txt b/docs/manual/migrating.txt index 24ea2e0e1c..92e487c71e 100644 --- a/docs/manual/migrating.txt +++ b/docs/manual/migrating.txt @@ -44,3 +44,15 @@ Now, your br2-external tree can be used with Buildroot 2016.11 onward. .Note: This change makes your br2-external tree incompatible with Buildroot before 2016.11. + +[[migrating-host-usr]] +=== Migrating to 2017.08 + +Before Buildroot 2017.08, host packages were installed in +$(HOST_DIR)/usr+ +(with e.g. the autotools' +--prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr+). With Buildroot +2017.08, they are now installed directly in +$(HOST_DIR)+. + +Whenever a package installs an executable that is linked with a library +in +$(HOST_DIR)/lib+, it must have an RPATH pointing to that directory. + +An RPATH pointing to +$(HOST_DIR)/usr/lib+ is no longer accepted. |
