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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
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+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
+LIBFOO_SITE=/opt/software/libfoo.tar.gz+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo/+
+* +LIBFOO_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS+ lists a number of additional files that
+ Buildroot should download from +LIBFOO_SITE+ in addition to the main
+ +LIBFOO_SOURCE+ (which usually is a tarball). Buildroot will not do
+ anything with those additional files, except download files: it will
+ be up to the package recipe to use them from +$(DL_DIR)+.
+
* +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ determines the method used to fetch or copy the
package source code. In many cases, Buildroot guesses the method
from the contents of +LIBFOO_SITE+ and setting +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+
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