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diff --git a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt index 1071de5132..3389a37b39 100644 --- a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt +++ b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt @@ -81,3 +81,19 @@ make busybox-rebuild all the root filesystem image in +output/images+ contains the updated BusyBox. + +Source trees for big projects often contain hundreds or thousands of +files which are not needed for building, but will slow down the process +of copying the sources with _rsync_. Optionally, it is possible define ++<pkg>_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS+ to skip syncing certain files +from the source tree. For example, when working on the +webkitgtk+ +package, the following will exclude the tests and in-tree builds from +a local WebKit source tree: + +------------------ +WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR = /home/bob/WebKit +WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = \ + --exclude JSTests --exclude ManualTests --exclude PerformanceTests \ + --exclude WebDriverTests --exclude WebKitBuild --exclude WebKitLibraries \ + --exclude WebKit.xcworkspace --exclude Websites --exclude Examples +------------------ |
