From: Nathan Lynch Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:54:01 +0000 (+0000) Subject: docs: describe "file" and "local" methods in LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe8d4626f0225285eed4190958a5dc75cbefd972;p=buildroot.git docs: describe "file" and "local" methods in LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD Based on description by Thomas Petazzoni at: http://free-electrons.com/blog/buildroot-2011-11/ Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt index b296ac4d64..84cf06bd2e 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt @@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : ** +bzr+ for retrieving source code from a Bazaar repository. Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +bzr://+. The downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method. + ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when + +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a package tarball as a local filename. + Useful for software that isn't available publicly or in version + control. + ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this + when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing + the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the + source directory into the package's build directory. * +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package name) that are required for the current target package to