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-rw-r--r--docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt18
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt17
-rw-r--r--docs/website/download.html24
-rw-r--r--docs/website/news.html39
-rw-r--r--docs/website/sponsors.html2
5 files changed, 76 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
index aac9a4313d..9ad177d006 100644
--- a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ there is no need to pass +BR2_EXTERNAL+ at every +make+ invocation. It
can however be changed at any time by passing a new value, and can be
removed by passing an empty value.
-*Note:* the +BR2_EXTERNAL+ path can be either an absolute or a relative path,
+.Note
+The +BR2_EXTERNAL+ path can be either an absolute or a relative path,
but if it's passed as a relative path, it is important to note that it
is interpreted relative to the main Buildroot source directory, *not*
to the Buildroot output directory.
@@ -33,27 +34,27 @@ to the Buildroot output directory.
Some examples:
-----
- buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/path/to/foobar menuconfig
+buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/path/to/foobar menuconfig
-----
From now on, external definitions from the +/path/to/foobar+
directory will be used:
-----
- buildroot/ $ make
- buildroot/ $ make legal-info
+buildroot/ $ make
+buildroot/ $ make legal-info
-----
We can switch to another external definitions directory at any time:
-----
- buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/where/we/have/barfoo xconfig
+buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/where/we/have/barfoo xconfig
-----
Or disable the usage of external definitions:
-----
- buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL= xconfig
+buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL= xconfig
-----
+BR2_EXTERNAL+ allows three different things:
@@ -75,7 +76,10 @@ 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.
++
+.Note
+Providing +Config.in+ and +external.mk+ 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 +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/Config.in+ file that
diff --git a/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt b/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
index b97f633bef..f575fc48ee 100644
--- a/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ space-separated list, you want called before and after each step. The
scripts are called in sequence, with three parameters:
- +start+ or +end+ to denote the start (resp. the end) of a step;
- - the name of the step about to be started, or which just ended.
- - the name of the package
+ - the name of the step about to be started, or which just ended;
+ - the name of the package.
For example :
@@ -21,7 +21,18 @@ For example :
make BR2_INSTRUMENTATION_SCRIPTS="/path/to/my/script1 /path/to/my/script2"
----
-That script has access to the following variables:
+The list of steps is:
+
+ - +extract+
+ - +patch+
+ - +configure+
+ - +build+
+ - +install-host+, when a host-package is installed in +$(HOST_DIR)+
+ - +install-target+, when a target-package is installed in +$(TARGET_DIR)+
+ - +install-staging+, when a target-package is installed in +$(STAGING_DIR)+
+ - +install-image+, when a target-package installs files in +$(BINARIES_DIR)+
+
+The script has access to the following variables:
- +BR2_CONFIG+: the path to the Buildroot .config file
- +HOST_DIR+, +STAGING_DIR+, +TARGET_DIR+: see
diff --git a/docs/website/download.html b/docs/website/download.html
index 6a880c6cb0..715bec93eb 100644
--- a/docs/website/download.html
+++ b/docs/website/download.html
@@ -7,27 +7,27 @@
<p>
-The latest stable release is <b>2015.02</b>, which can be downloaded
+The latest stable release is <b>2015.05</b>, which can be downloaded
here:<p>
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.02.tar.gz">buildroot-2015.02.tar.gz</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.02.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05.tar.gz">buildroot-2015.05.tar.gz</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
or
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.02.tar.bz2">buildroot-2015.02.tar.bz2</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.02.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05.tar.bz2">buildroot-2015.05.tar.bz2</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
<p>
-
-The latest release candidate is <b>2015.05-rc1</b>, which can be
+<!--
+The latest release candidate is <b>2015.05-rc3</b>, which can be
downloaded here:<p>
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.gz">buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.gz</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc3.tar.gz">buildroot-2015.05-rc3.tar.gz</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc3.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
or
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.bz2">buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.bz2</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc3.tar.bz2">buildroot-2015.05-rc3.tar.bz2</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc3.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
<p>
-
+-->
This and earlier releases (and their PGP signatures) can always be downloaded from
<a href="/downloads/">http://buildroot.net/downloads/</a>.
diff --git a/docs/website/news.html b/docs/website/news.html
index eef668c172..9a33b009f4 100644
--- a/docs/website/news.html
+++ b/docs/website/news.html
@@ -8,12 +8,49 @@
<p>
<ul>
+
+ <li><b>31 May 2015 -- 2015.05 released</b>
+
+ <p>The stable 2015.05 release is out - Thanks to everyone
+ contributing and testing the release candidates. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2015.05">CHANGES</a>
+ file for more details, read the
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2015-May/129209.html">announcement</a>
+ and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05.tar.bz2">2015.05 release</a>.</p>
+
+ <li><b>22 May 2015 -- 2015.05-rc3 released</b>
+
+ <p>Release candidate 3 is out with more cleanups and security / build fixes. See the <a
+ href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2015.05-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-2015.02-rc5.tar.bz2">2015.05-rc3
+ release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the <a
+ href="lists.html">mailing list</a> or <a
+ href="https://bugs.uclibc.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+
+ <li><b>11 May 2015 -- 2015.05-rc2 released</b>
+
+ <p>Another week, another release candidate with more cleanups and
+ build fixes. See the <a
+ href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2015.05-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-2015.05-rc2.tar.bz2">2015.05-rc2
+ release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the <a
+ href="support.html">mailing list</a> or <a
+ href="https://bugs.uclibc.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+
<li><b>4 May 2015 -- 2015.05-rc1 released</b>
<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=2015.05-rc1">CHANGES</a>
- file for details.</p>
+ file for details, and read the
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2015-May/127794.html">announcement</a>.</p>
<p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2015.05-rc1.tar.bz2">2015.05-rc1
diff --git a/docs/website/sponsors.html b/docs/website/sponsors.html
index 1da813b19c..9de0605705 100644
--- a/docs/website/sponsors.html
+++ b/docs/website/sponsors.html
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
<a href="http://www.mind.be">Mind</a> sponsored the dinner of
the FOSDEM 2014 Developers Meeting (Brussels), the meeting
room and the dinner for the ELCE 2014 Developers Meeting
- (Düsseldorf), and the dinner for the FOSDME 2015 Developers
+ (Düsseldorf), and the dinner for the FOSDEM 2015 Developers
meeting (Brussels).
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