From baa838e39251d298dbb4c031638b83a1b28f6881 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Martin Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:14:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] manual: add adding-package-tips.txt Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/manual/adding-packages.txt | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..acc73d3113 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Tips and tricks +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +[[package-name-variable-relation]] +Package name, config entry name and makefile variable relationship +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In Buildroot, there are some relation between: + +* the _package name_, which is the package directory name (and the + name of the +*.mk+ file); + +* the config entry name that is declared in the +Config.in+ file; + +* the makefile variable prefix. + +Thus, it is mandatory to keep consistency between all this stuff, +matching the following rules: + +* the _make_ target name will be the _package name_ itself (e.g.: + +foo-bar_boo+); + +* the config entry is the upper case _package name_ with `.` and `-` + characters substituted with `_`, prefixed with +BR2_PACKAGE_+ (e.g.: + +BR2_PACKAGE_FOO_BAR_BOO+); + +* the +*.mk+ file variable prefix is the upper case _package name_ + `.` and `-` characters substituted with `_` (e.g.: + +FOO_BAR_BOO_VERSION+). + + +[[github-download-url]] +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) +------------------------ diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt index 8221c855af..b909d47a83 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt @@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ include::adding-packages-cmake.txt[] include::adding-packages-gettext.txt[] +include::adding-packages-tips.txt[] + include::adding-packages-conclusion.txt[] -- 2.30.2