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

Belisko Marek marek.belisko at gmail.com
Mon Sep 17 20:41:08 UTC 2012


Hi Samuel,

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Marek,
>
> 2012/9/17 Marek Belisko <marek.belisko at open-nandra.com>:
>> 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..f04a93e 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):
>
> IANA native English speaker, but I'd have rephrased this with
> something like that:
Same here ;) . Your sentence is much better then mine. Will send updated patch.
Thanks.
>
> If the package has no release version, or its version cannot be
> identified using tag, then the sha1 of the particular commit should be
> used to identify the version (the first 7 characters of the sha1 are
> enough):
>
>> +
>> +------------------------
>> +FOO_VERSION = 1234567
>> +FOO_SOURCE = <user>-<package>-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
>> +FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/<branch>
>> +------------------------
>> +
>> +If package have version number use:
>
> Same here:
>
> If the package version matches a tag, then this tag should be used to
> identify the version:
>
>> +
>> +------------------------
>> +FOO_VERSION = v1.0
>> +FOO_SOURCE = <user>-<package>-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
>> +FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION)
>> +------------------------
>
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Sam

Cheers,

mbe

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