From a84840bfe9c8e00be6dbbed1d8c55a2a54cb13e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marek Belisko Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:48:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add FAQ entry how to properly add package from github. Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Acked-by: Samuel Martin Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- docs/manual/faq.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt index 575d019e91..97a754bbfe 100644 --- a/docs/manual/faq.txt +++ b/docs/manual/faq.txt @@ -36,3 +36,24 @@ then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar) distribution, and you should install the +glibc-static+ package. This is because the +module-init-tools+ build process wants to link statically against the C library. + +How to add package from github +------------------------------ + +If the package has no release version, or its version cannot be +identified using tag, then the sha1 of the particular commit should be +used to identify the version (the first 7 characters of the sha1 are +enough): + +------------------------ +FOO_VERSION = 1234567 +FOO_SITE = http://github.com///tarball/ +------------------------ + +If the package version matches a tag, then this tag should be used to +identify the version: + +------------------------ +FOO_VERSION = v1.0 +FOO_SITE = http://github.com///tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) +------------------------ -- 2.30.2