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@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Or disable the usage of external definitions:
logic. Buildroot automatically includes +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ to
make it appear in the top-level configuration menu, and includes
+BR2_EXTERNAL/external.mk+ with the rest of the makefile logic.
+ Providing those two files is mandatory, but they can be empty.
+
The main usage of this is to store package recipes. The recommended
way to do this is to write a +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ that looks
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