[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/4] Makefile: export a few variables to help support scripts
Peter Korsgaard
jacmet at uclibc.org
Sun Jan 13 22:15:46 UTC 2013
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
Yann> Support scripts (in support/) may need to parse the .config file, so give
Yann> them an easy access to it, by exporting BUILDROOT_CONFIG with the fully-
Yann> qualified path to .config.
Yann> Also, post-build scripts may need to reference a few locations, so export
Yann> those, too.
Yann> Note: we export both O and BASE_DIR. Although they are the same,
Yann> BASE_DIR is used internally, while O is used on the command line,
Yann> which makes it a bit ambiguous to know which to use. As users use
Yann> O= on the command line, they will probably tend to use that in
Yann> their post-build scripts.
Ok. I guess most people don't need the upper O/BASE_DIR variables, but
lets add the for completeness.
Yann> +++ b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt
Yann> @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ there are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem.
Yann> certain package generates wrong or unneeded files, you should fix
Yann> that package rather than work around it with a post-build cleanup
Yann> script. _Among these first 3 methods, this one should be preferred_.
Yann> + You may also use these variables in your post-build script:
Yann> + - +BUILDROOT_CONFIG+: the path to the Buildroot .config file
Yann> + - +HOST_DIR+, +STAGING_DIR+, +TARGET_DIR+: see
Yann> + xref:generic-package-reference[]
Yann> + - +BINARIES_DIR+: the place were all binary files (aka images) are
s/were/where/
Committed with the typo fixed, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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