From: Bernhard Reutner-Fischer <rep.dot.nop@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:07:01 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: - add short section about offline-builds
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- add short section about offline-builds
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diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README
index 0990d2b589..6157365402 100644
--- a/docs/README
+++ b/docs/README
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ You do not need to be root to build or run buildroot.  Have fun!
 
  -Erik
 
+Offline build:
+==============
+
+In order to do an offline-build (not connected to the net), fetch all
+selected source by issuing a
+$ make source
+
+before you disconnect.
+If your build-host is never connected, then you have to copy buildroot
+and your toplevel .config to a machine that has an internet-connection
+and issue "make source" there, then copy the content of your dl/ dir to
+the build-host.
+
 More finegrained configuration:
 ===============================