From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 21:49:56 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs/manual/br2-external: use proper .Note sections X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=162290e1f383cc0aa95c43364fcd4888f2bfae4f;p=buildroot.git docs/manual/br2-external: use proper .Note sections Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Cc: Samuel Martin Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt index 99a942c804..9ad177d006 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ there is no need to pass +BR2_EXTERNAL+ at every +make+ invocation. It can however be changed at any time by passing a new value, and can be removed by passing an empty value. -*Note:* the +BR2_EXTERNAL+ path can be either an absolute or a relative path, +.Note +The +BR2_EXTERNAL+ path can be either an absolute or a relative path, but if it's passed as a relative path, it is important to note that it is interpreted relative to the main Buildroot source directory, *not* to the Buildroot output directory. @@ -75,7 +76,10 @@ buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL= xconfig logic. Buildroot automatically includes +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/Config.in+ to make it appear in the top-level configuration menu, and includes +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/external.mk+ with the rest of the makefile logic. - Providing those two files is mandatory, but they can be empty. ++ +.Note +Providing +Config.in+ and +external.mk+ is mandatory, but they can be + empty. + The main usage of this is to store package recipes. The recommended way to do this is to write a +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/Config.in+ file that