From b8c16d9c4f9d19236f6919edee60e6acd2871e38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:48:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs/manual: update the documentation about test-pkg Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt index 19577fa821..f37f9874e7 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt @@ -77,9 +77,14 @@ and what package to test: $ ./utils/test-pkg -c libcurl.config -p libcurl ---- -This will try to build your package against all the toolchains used -by the autobuilders (except for the internal toolchains, because it takes -too long to do so). The output lists all toolchains and the corresponding +By default, +test-pkg+ will build your package against a subset of the +toolchains used by the autobuilders, which has been selected by the +Buildroot developers as being the most useful and representative +subset. If you want to test all toolchains, pass the +-a+ option. Note +that in any case, internal toolchains are excluded as they take too +long to build. + +The output lists all toolchains that are tested and the corresponding result (excerpt, results are fake): ---- -- 2.30.2