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-rw-r--r--docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt5
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt1
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/customize-patches.txt1
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt8
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt24
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt1
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/resources.txt2
-rw-r--r--docs/news.html53
10 files changed, 91 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/docs/download.html b/docs/download.html
index 0d0949cbb7..7721615035 100644
--- a/docs/download.html
+++ b/docs/download.html
@@ -7,32 +7,32 @@
<p>
-The latest stable release is <b>2014.08</b>, which can be downloaded
+The latest stable release is <b>2014.11</b>, which can be downloaded
here:<p>
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.08.tar.gz">buildroot-2014.08.tar.gz</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.08.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11.tar.gz">buildroot-2014.11.tar.gz</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
or
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.08.tar.bz2">buildroot-2014.08.tar.bz2</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.08.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11.tar.bz2">buildroot-2014.11.tar.bz2</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
<p>
-
-The latest release candidate is <b>2014.11-rc1</b>, which can be
+<!--
+The latest release candidate is <b>2014.11-rc3</b>, which can be
downloaded here:<p>
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.gz">buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.gz</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc3.tar.gz">buildroot-2014.11-rc3.tar.gz</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc3.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a>)
or
-<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.bz2">buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.bz2</a>
-(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a>).
+<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc3.tar.bz2">buildroot-2014.11-rc3.tar.bz2</a>
+(<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-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>.
<p>
-
+-->
You can also obtain daily snapshots of the latest Buildroot source tree if you
want to follow development, but cannot or do not wish to use Git.
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt
index ece6c49563..a041d91eb6 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ cases, typical packages will therefore only use a few of them.
variables to pass to the 'autoreconf' program if
+LIBFOO_AUTORECONF=YES+. These are passed in the environment of
the 'autoreconf' command. By default, empty.
-
+
* +LIBFOO_AUTORECONF_OPTS+ to specify additional options
passed to the 'autoreconf' program if
+LIBFOO_AUTORECONF=YES+. By default, empty.
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt
index c145829fcb..0ea03f9153 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt
@@ -191,15 +191,19 @@ construct rather than repeating the +depends on+ statement on the
comment and other config options.
The general format of a dependency +comment+ for package foo is:
+
--------------------------
foo needs a toolchain w/ featA, featB, featC
--------------------------
for example:
+
--------------------------
aircrack-ng needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads
--------------------------
+
or
+
--------------------------
crda needs a toolchain w/ threads
--------------------------
@@ -283,6 +287,7 @@ foo needs a Linux kernel to be built
If there is a dependency on both toolchain options and the Linux
kernel, use this format:
+
--------------------------
foo needs a toolchain w/ featA, featB, featC and a Linux kernel to be built
--------------------------
diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
index 110984308f..5d63e60bdf 100644
--- a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
// -*- mode:doc -*- ;
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
[[outside-br-custom]]
=== Keeping customizations outside of Buildroot
diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt b/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt
index a052915dfd..e129a64855 100644
--- a/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
// -*- mode:doc -*- ;
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
[[customize-patches]]
=== Adding project-specific patches
diff --git a/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt b/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt
index 693028c4da..b30b4ac43c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/faq-troubleshooting.txt
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ Starting dropbear sshd: generating rsa key... generating dsa key... OK
then it means that your system is running, but didn't start a shell on
the serial console. In order to have the system start a shell on your
-serial console, you have to go into the Buildroot configuration, in
-+System configuration+, modify +Run a getty (login prompt) after boot+
-and set the appropriate port and baud rate in the +getty options+
-submenu. This will automatically tune the +/etc/inittab+ file of the
+serial console, you have to go into the Buildroot configuration, in
++System configuration+, modify +Run a getty (login prompt) after boot+
+and set the appropriate port and baud rate in the +getty options+
+submenu. This will automatically tune the +/etc/inittab+ file of the
generated system so that a shell starts on the correct serial port.
[[faq-no-compiler-on-target]]
diff --git a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt
index 2fd7b59151..e02b79d986 100644
--- a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ create and how to create them, in order to avoid calls to mknod.
This syntax is derived from the makedev utility, and more complete
documentation can be found in the +package/makedevs/README+ file.
-It takes the form of a line for each file, with the following layout:
+It takes the form of a space separated list of fields, one file per
+line; the fields are:
|===========================================================
|name |type |mode |uid |gid |major |minor |start |inc |count
|===========================================================
-There are a few non-trivial blocks here:
+There are a few non-trivial blocks:
- +name+ is the path to the file you want to create/modify
- +type+ is the type of the file, being one of:
@@ -35,22 +36,23 @@ There are a few non-trivial blocks here:
Let's say you want to change the permissions of a given file; using
this syntax, you will need to put:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - -
--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+----
+/usr/bin/foobar f 644 0 0 - - - - -
+----
On the other hand, if you want to create the device file +/dev/hda+
and the corresponding 15 files for the partitions, you will need for
+/dev/hda+:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-/dev/hda b 640 0 0 3 0 0 0 -
--------------------------------------------------------------------
+----
+/dev/hda b 640 0 0 3 0 0 0 -
+----
and then for device files corresponding to the partitions of
+/dev/hda+, +/dev/hdaX+, +X+ ranging from 1 to 15:
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-/dev/hda b 640 0 0 3 1 1 1 15
--------------------------------------------------------------------
+----
+/dev/hda b 640 0 0 3 1 1 1 15
+----
diff --git a/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
index ecf3eb040a..ffdb961871 100644
--- a/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/makeusers-syntax.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
// -*- mode:doc -*- ;
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
[[makeuser-syntax]]
== Makeusers syntax documentation
diff --git a/docs/manual/resources.txt b/docs/manual/resources.txt
index b11053ee1b..b327f9e956 100644
--- a/docs/manual/resources.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/resources.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are \'caught' by
the system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted that
reference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more
information on Patchwork see
-http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork[].
+http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork/[].
+
Buildroot's Patchwork website is mainly for use by Buildroot's
maintainer to ensure patches aren't missed. It is also used by Buildroot
diff --git a/docs/news.html b/docs/news.html
index 9a2b4bafb7..0596e4cba0 100644
--- a/docs/news.html
+++ b/docs/news.html
@@ -9,12 +9,63 @@
<ul>
+ <li><b>1 December 2014 -- 2014.11 released</b>
+
+ <p>The stable 2014.11 release is out - Thanks to everyone
+ contributing and testing the release candidates. See the
+ <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2014.11">CHANGES</a>
+ file for more details,
+ and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+ <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11.tar.bz2">2014.11 release</a>.</p>
+
+ <li><b>28 November 2014 -- 2014.11-rc3 released</b>
+
+ <p>Release candidate 3 is out with more cleanups and build fixes. See the <a
+ href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2014.11-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-2014.11-rc3.tar.bz2">2014.11-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>21 November 2014 -- 2014.11-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=2014.11-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-2014.11-rc2.tar.bz2">2014.11-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>13 November 2014 -- Report from Buildroot Developers Meeting</b>
+
+ <p>A report from the recent
+ <a href="http://elinux.org/Buildroot:DeveloperDaysELCE2014">
+ Buildroot Developers Meeting</a> is now
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2014-October/109966.html">available</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Once again, thanks to all the participants and to
+ <a href="http://www.mind.be">Mind</a> for sponsoring the event.</p>
+
+ <p>The next Developer Days will take place on February 2nd and 3rd
+ in Brussels, Belgium, right after <a
+ href="http://fosdem.org">FOSDEM</a>. See the <a
+ href="http://elinux.org/Buildroot:DeveloperDaysFOSDEM2015">wiki</a>
+ for more details.</p>
+
<li><b>12 November 2014 -- 2014.11-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=2014.11-rc1">CHANGES</a>
- file for details.</p>
+ file for details, and read the
+ <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2014-November/111946.html">announcement</a>.</p>
<p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
<a href="/downloads/buildroot-2014.11-rc1.tar.bz2">2014.11-rc1
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