[Buildroot] [PATCH] manual: Add note about uses of github helper

Maxime Hadjinlian maxime.hadjinlian at gmail.com
Mon Oct 13 08:31:58 UTC 2014


Add a little comment regarding the uses of the github helper for the releases.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinlian at gmail.com>
Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
---
 docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt
index 0d4fcb0..30f8184 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt
@@ -52,3 +52,14 @@ FOO_SITE = $(call github,<user>,<package>,$(FOO_VERSION))
   Buildroot (e.g.: +foo-f6fb6654af62045239caed5950bc6c7971965e60.tar.gz+),
   so it is not necessary to specify it in the +.mk+ file.
 - When using a commit ID as version, you should use the full 40 hex characters.
+
+If the package you wish to add does have a release section on GitHub,
+you need to be careful, the maintainer of the package may have
+uploaded a specific file along with the releases.
+You can see it from the pages:
+- If there is a green download button, like
+  https://github.com/zedshaw/mongrel2/releases/tag/v1.9.1[mongrel2], you
+  should you should specify +FOO_SITE+ like any generic packages.
+- If there is grey downlaod button, like
+  https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/releases/tag/13.2-Gotham[xbmc], then you
+  can use the 'github' helper.
-- 
2.1.1



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