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-rw-r--r--docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt17
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt4
-rw-r--r--docs/website/download.html58
-rw-r--r--docs/website/news.html104
4 files changed, 151 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index cc91e894bd..7be1754f54 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -200,11 +200,24 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
package. Note that if +HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION+ doesn't exist, it is
assumed to be the same as +LIBFOO_VERSION+. It can also be a
revision number or a tag for packages that are fetched directly
- from their version control system. Do not use a branch name as
- version; it does not work. Examples:
+ from their version control system. Examples:
** a version for a release tarball: +LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2+
** a sha1 for a git tree: +LIBFOO_VERSION = cb9d6aa9429e838f0e54faa3d455bcbab5eef057+
** a tag for a git tree +LIBFOO_VERSION = v0.1.2+
++
+.Note:
+Using a branch name as +FOO_VERSION+ is not supported, because it does
+not and can not work as people would expect it should:
++
+ 1. due to local caching, Buildroot will not re-fetch the repository,
+ so people who expect to be able to follow the remote repository
+ would be quite surprised and disappointed;
+ 2. because two builds can never be perfectly simultaneous, and because
+ the remote repository may get new commits on the branch anytime,
+ two users, using the same Buildroot tree and building the same
+ configuration, may get different source, thus rendering the build
+ non reproducible, and people would be quite surprised and
+ disappointed.
* +LIBFOO_SOURCE+ may contain the name of the tarball of the package,
which Buildroot will use to download the tarball from
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt
index d4d8630a79..982c1229ea 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-kconfig.txt
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ be set to suit the needs of the package under consideration:
be well suited for all packages that use the standard kconfig
infrastructure as inherited from the Linux kernel; some packages use
a derivative of kconfig that use a different location.
+
+* +FOO_KCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES+: the list of packages (most probably, host
+ packages) that need to be built before this package's kconfig is
+ interpreted. Seldom used. By default, empty.
diff --git a/docs/website/download.html b/docs/website/download.html
index 3a6e08ca91..626b67a531 100644
--- a/docs/website/download.html
+++ b/docs/website/download.html
@@ -8,108 +8,108 @@
<div class="panel-heading">Download</div>
<div class="panel-body">
- <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest long term support release: <b>2018.02.4</b></h3>
+ <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest long term support release: <b>2018.02.5</b></h3>
<div class="row mt centered">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
<div class="flipper">
<div class="front">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
<div class="back">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.gz">buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.gz</a></h3>
- <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+ <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.gz">buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.gz</a></h3>
+ <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
<div class="flipper">
<div class="front">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
<div class="back">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.bz2">buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.bz2</a></h3>
- <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.4.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+ <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.bz2">buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.bz2</a></h3>
+ <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
</div>
</div>
- <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest stable release: <b>2018.05.1</b></h3>
+ <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest stable release: <b>2018.08</b></h3>
<div class="row mt centered">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
<div class="flipper">
<div class="front">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
<div class="back">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.gz">buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.gz</a></h3>
- <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+ <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.gz">buildroot-2018.08.tar.gz</a></h3>
+ <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
<div class="flipper">
<div class="front">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
<div class="back">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.bz2">buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.bz2</a></h3>
- <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.1.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+ <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.bz2">buildroot-2018.08.tar.bz2</a></h3>
+ <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
</div>
</div>
-
- <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2018.08-rc1</b></h3>
+<!--
+ <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2018.08-rc3</b></h3>
<div class="row mt centered">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
<div class="flipper">
<div class="front">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
<div class="back">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.gz">buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.gz</a></h3>
- <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+ <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.gz">buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.gz</a></h3>
+ <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');">
<div class="flipper">
<div class="front">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
<div class="back">
- <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
- <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.bz2">buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.bz2</a></h3>
- <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc1.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
+ <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.bz2">buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.bz2</a></h3>
+ <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p>
</div>
</div>
-
+-->
This and earlier releases (and their PGP signatures) can always be downloaded from
<a href="/downloads/">http://buildroot.net/downloads/</a>.
</div>
diff --git a/docs/website/news.html b/docs/website/news.html
index cf95fb52d5..b272353cfb 100644
--- a/docs/website/news.html
+++ b/docs/website/news.html
@@ -9,6 +9,107 @@
<h2>News</h2>
<ul class="timeline">
+ <li>
+ <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+ <div class="timeline-panel">
+ <div class="timeline-heading">
+ <h4 class="timeline-title">2018.08 released</h4>
+ <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>6 September 2018</small></p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="timeline-body">
+ <p>The stable 2018.08 release is out - Thanks to everyone
+ contributing and testing the release candidates. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2018.08">CHANGES</a>
+ file for more details, read the
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-September/229982.html">announcement</a>
+ and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08.tar.bz2">2018.08 release</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </li>
+
+ <li class="timeline-inverted">
+ <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+ <div class="timeline-panel">
+ <div class="timeline-heading">
+ <h4 class="timeline-title">2018.08-rc3 released</h4>
+ <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>31 August 2018</small></p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="timeline-body">
+ <p>Another week, another release candidate with more cleanups
+ and build fixes. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2018.08-rc3">CHANGES</a>
+ file for details.</p>
+
+ <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc3.tar.bz2">2018.08-rc3
+ release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the
+ <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> or
+ <a href="https://bugs.buildroot.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+ <div class="timeline-panel">
+ <div class="timeline-heading">
+ <h4 class="timeline-title">2018.02.5 released</h4>
+ <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>29 August 2018</small></p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="timeline-body">
+ <p>The 2018.02.5 bugfix release is out, fixing a number of important /
+ security related issues discovered since the 2018.02.4 release. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2018.02.5">CHANGES</a>
+ file for more details, read the
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-August/229453.html">announcement</a>
+ and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.02.5.tar.bz2">2018.02.5 release</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </li>
+
+ <li class="timeline-inverted">
+ <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+ <div class="timeline-panel">
+ <div class="timeline-heading">
+ <h4 class="timeline-title">2018.05.2 released</h4>
+ <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>28 August 2018</small></p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="timeline-body">
+ <p>The 2018.05.2 bugfix release is out, fixing a number of important /
+ security related issues discovered since the 2018.05.1 release. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2018.05.2">CHANGES</a>
+ file for more details, read the
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-August/229355.html">announcement</a>
+ and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.05.2.tar.bz2">2018.05.2 release</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
+ <div class="timeline-panel">
+ <div class="timeline-heading">
+ <h4 class="timeline-title">2018.08-rc2 released</h4>
+ <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>20 August 2018</small></p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="timeline-body">
+ <p>Another week, another release candidate with more cleanups
+ and build fixes. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2018.08-rc2">CHANGES</a>
+ file for details.</p>
+
+ <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2018.08-rc2.tar.bz2">2018.08-rc2
+ release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the
+ <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> or
+ <a href="https://bugs.buildroot.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </li>
+
<li class="timeline-inverted">
<div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div>
<div class="timeline-panel">
@@ -20,7 +121,8 @@
<p>We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the
tree, see the
<a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2018.08-rc1">CHANGES</a>
- file for details.
+ file for details and/or read
+ the <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-August/227070.html">announcement</a>.
</p>
<p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
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