Buildroot stores the cached files when using ccache.
+
* +BR2_DL_DIR+ to override the directory in which
- Buildroot stores/retrieves downloaded files
+ Buildroot stores/retrieves downloaded files.
+
Note that the Buildroot download directory can also be set from the
configuration interface, so through the Buildroot +.config+ file. See
The exception to +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ being the preferred method for
specifying custom patches is +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH+.
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH+ should be used to specify kernel patches that
-are available at an URL. *Note:* +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH+ specifies kernel
+are available at a URL. *Note:* +BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_PATCH+ specifies kernel
patches that are applied after patches available in +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+,
as it is done from a post-patch hook of the Linux package.
The difference between post-build scripts (above) and fakeroot scripts,
is that post-build scripts are not called in the fakeroot context.
+
-.Note;
+.Note:
Using `fakeroot` is not an absolute substitute for actually being root.
`fakeroot` only ever fakes the file access rights and types (regular,
block-or-char device...) and uid/gid; these are emulated in-memory.
The documentation uses the
http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/[asciidoc] format.
-For further details about the http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/[asciidoc]
-syntax, refer to http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html[].
+For further details about the asciidoc syntax, refer to
+http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html[].
=== Support scripts