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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index bc07667a01..4c12b42da8 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -303,6 +303,15 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the source directory into the package's build directory. +* +LIBFOO_STRIP_COMPONENTS+ is the number of leading components + (directories) that tar must strip from file names on extraction. + The tarball for most packages has one leading component named + "<pkg-name>-<pkg-version>", thus Buildroot passes + --strip-components=1 to tar to remove it. + For non-standard packages that don't have this component, or + that have more than one leading component to strip, set this + variable with the value to be passed to tar. Default: 1. + * +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package name) that are required for the current target package to compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and |
