[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] Add FAQ entry how to properly add package from github.

Marek Belisko marek.belisko at open-nandra.com
Sat Sep 15 21:57:27 UTC 2012


Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko at open-nandra.com>
---
 docs/manual/faq.txt |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt
index 575d019..abb499f 100644
--- a/docs/manual/faq.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/faq.txt
@@ -36,3 +36,23 @@ then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar) distribution, and
 you should install the +glibc-static+ package. This is because the
 +module-init-tools+ build process wants to link statically against the
 C library.
+
+How to add package from github
+------------------------------
+
+If package don't have version number and want to use SHA1
+(it's enough to use first 7 characters from SHA1):
+
+------------------------
+FOO_VERSION = 1234567
+FOO_SOURCE = user-package-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
+FOO_SITE = http://github.com/user/package/tarball/master
+------------------------
+
+If package have version number use:
+
+------------------------
+FOO_VERSION = v1.0
+FOO_SOURCE = user-package-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
+FOO_SITE = http://github.com/user/package/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION)
+------------------------
-- 
1.7.9.5




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