default "$(TOPDIR)/dl"
help
Directory to store all the source files that we need to fetch.
- If the Linux shell environment has defined the BUILDROOT_DL_DIR
+ If the Linux shell environment has defined the BR2_DL_DIR
environment variable, then this overrides this configuration item.
The default is $(TOPDIR)/dl
$(shell echo BR2_EXTERNAL ?= $(BR2_EXTERNAL) > $(BR2_EXTERNAL_FILE))
endif
+# To make sure the the environment variable overrides the .config option,
+# set this before including .config.
+ifneq ($(BR2_DL_DIR),)
+DL_DIR := $(BR2_DL_DIR)
+endif
+
+
# Need that early, before we scan packages
# Avoids doing the $(or...) everytime
BR2_GRAPH_OUT := $(or $(GRAPH_OUT),pdf)
$(error "You have legacy configuration in your .config! Please check your configuration.")
endif
+#
+# Legacy options from 2014.02
+#
+
+# The BUILDROOT_DL_DIR environment variable was renamed by BR2_DL_DIR. We
+# want to detect someone using the old variable, _except_ if also the new
+# variable was set. By the time we get here, however, we no longer have
+# access to the BR2_DL_DIR environment variable (because it has been overridden
+# by the .config inclusion). However, the environment variable (if defined) was
+# saved in DL_DIR, so we can use that.
+ifneq ($(BUILDROOT_DL_DIR),)
+ifneq ($(BUILDROOT_DL_DIR),$(DL_DIR))
+$(error "The BUILDROOT_DL_DIR environment variable was renamed to BR2_DL_DIR.")
+endif
+endif
+
#
# Legacy options from 2012.08
#
configuration interface, so through the Buildroot +.config+ file; this
is the recommended way of setting it.
+
-* +BUILDROOT_DL_DIR+ to override the directory in which
+* +BR2_DL_DIR+ to override the directory in which
Buildroot stores/retrieves downloaded files
+
Note that the Buildroot download directory can also be set from the
If you maintain several Buildroot trees, it might be better to have a
shared download location. This can be achieved by pointing the
-+BUILDROOT_DL_DIR+ environment variable to a directory. If this is
++BR2_DL_DIR+ environment variable to a directory. If this is
set, then the value of +BR2_DL_DIR+ in the Buildroot configuration is
overridden. The following line should be added to +<~/.bashrc>+.
-----------------
- $ export BUILDROOT_DL_DIR <shared download location>
+ $ export BR2_DL_DIR <shared download location>
-----------------
The download location can also be set in the +.config+ file, with the
-+BR2_DL_DIR+ option. This value is overridden by the +BUILDROOT_DL_DIR+
-environment variable.
++BR2_DL_DIR+ option. Unlike most options in the .config file, this value
+is overridden by the +BR2_DL_DIR+ environment variable.
# external-deps target.
DL_MODE=DOWNLOAD
-# Override BR2_DL_DIR if shell variable defined
-ifneq ($(BUILDROOT_DL_DIR),)
-DL_DIR := $(BUILDROOT_DL_DIR)
-else
-DL_DIR := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_DL_DIR))
-endif
-
+# DL_DIR may have been set already from the environment
+DL_DIR ?= $(call qstrip,$(BR2_DL_DIR))
ifeq ($(DL_DIR),)
DL_DIR := $(TOPDIR)/dl
endif