[Buildroot] [git commit] docs/manual: suggest 'YES' as the value for LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Feb 7 13:47:04 UTC 2017
commit: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=428145838b55aeed06e01d899ffe85d0ed4731d2
branch: https://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/commit/?id=refs/heads/master
The manual mentions LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES but does not tell what value
it should have. The implementation only checks whether the variable is
non-empty, but we should suggest a specific value to avoid people
wondering what they have to set, and to try setting weird values.
Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
Cc: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
Cc: Ricardo Herrero <ricardo.herrero at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index 0e111e1..a08283c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -317,11 +317,12 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
source directory into the package's build directory.
-* +LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES+, when +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=git+, will create
- an archive with the git submodules in the repository.
- Note that we try not to use such git submodules when they contain
- bundled libraries, in which case we prefer to use those libraries
- from their own package.
+* +LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES+ can be set to +YES+ to create an archive
+ with the git submodules in the repository. This is only available
+ for packages downloaded with git (i.e. when
+ +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=git+). Note that we try not to use such git
+ submodules when they contain bundled libraries, in which case we
+ prefer to use those libraries from their own package.
* +LIBFOO_STRIP_COMPONENTS+ is the number of leading components
(directories) that tar must strip from file names on extraction.
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