[Buildroot] [RFC 1/1] docs/adding-packages-generic.txt: Add note if package does not use source
Vadim Kochan
vadim4j at gmail.com
Wed Apr 17 07:17:12 UTC 2019
Add some description how to allow to add package which does not need
any source code.
Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j at gmail.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index 7be1754f54..96a57a519a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -223,8 +223,13 @@ not and can not work as people would expect it should:
which Buildroot will use to download the tarball from
+LIBFOO_SITE+. If +HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE+ is not specified, it defaults
to +LIBFOO_SOURCE+. If none are specified, then the value is assumed
- to be +libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz+. +
- Example: +LIBFOO_SOURCE = foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2+
+ to be +libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz+.
+ In case when the package does not use any source code (e.g. only performs
+ some target/host altering), then +LIBFOO_SOURCE+ should be specified
+ with empty value. +
+ Examples:
+ +LIBFOO_SOURCE = foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2+
+ +LIBFOO_SOURCE =
* +LIBFOO_PATCH+ may contain a space-separated list of patch file
names, that Buildroot will download and apply to the package source
--
2.14.1
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