From: Dan Walkes Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:55:45 +0000 (-0600) Subject: docs/manual: dependency documentation updates X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=05d4ce444580ae54107f3f990e2902169e943d30;p=buildroot.git docs/manual: dependency documentation updates Update dependency documentation to detail the order-only relationship associated with the DEPENDENCIES variable. See the thread at [1] for details. [1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2019-October/262685.html Signed-off-by: Dan Walkes [yann.morin.1998@free.fr: indentation & slight rephrasing] Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN --- diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index f7f3e447f1..baa052e31c 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -358,9 +358,11 @@ not and can not work as people would expect it should: * +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package name) that are required for the current target package to compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and - installed before the configuration of the current package starts. In - a similar way, +HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for - the current host package. + installed before the configuration of the current package starts. + However, modifications to configuration of these dependencies will + not force a rebuild of the current package. In a similar way, + +HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for the current + host package. * +LIBFOO_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package name) that are required for the current target package to be diff --git a/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt b/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt index 8f4d40d4d6..621493776c 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt +++ b/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt @@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ can help you understand how to work with Buildroot: there is no need for a full rebuild: a simple +make+ invocation will take the changes into account. + * When a pacjage listed in +FOO_DEPENDENCIES+ is rebuilt or removed, + the package +foo+ is not automatically rebuilt. For example, if a + package +bar+ is listed in +FOO_DEPENDENCIES+ with +FOO_DEPENDENCIES + = bar+ and the configuration of the +bar+ package is changed, the + configuration change would not result in a rebuild of package +foo+ + automatically. In this scenario, you may need to either rebuild any + packages in your build which reference +bar+ in their +DEPENDENCIES+, + or perform a full rebuild to ensure any +bar+ dependent packages are + up to date. + Generally speaking, when you're facing a build error and you're unsure of the potential consequences of the configuration changes you've made, do a full rebuild. If you get the same build error, then you are