[Buildroot] [PATCH] core/br2-external: export paths and descriptions
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Wed Oct 19 20:10:07 UTC 2016
Thomas, All,
On 2016-10-19 21:58 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:53:02 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Now that we support multiple br2-external trees, BR2_EXTERNAL is no
> > longer exported in the environment.
> >
> > This means that post-build scripts in a br2-external tree can no longer
> > find their own files (well, they could re-invent the path by stripping
> > their known-relative path, but that'd be ugly, especially since we can
> > very well provide it).
> >
> > Export the path for each br2-external trees as environment variables.
> > Do so for the description as well, as a courtesy.
> >
> > Also, re-order variable definitions to be more logical: first, purely
> > internal variables, then exported variables.
> >
> > Reported-by: Benoît Allard <benoit.allard at greenbone.net>
> > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> > Cc: Benoît Allard <benoit.allard at greenbone.net>
>
> Does this require some documentation update?
I would have guessed no. We already state in the manual that the variable
to use is BR2_EXTERNAL_<NAME>_PATH.
However, _DESC is not documented. So I'll ad a blurb that those two
variables are also available to post-build scripts.
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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