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diff --git a/docs/manual/download-location.txt b/docs/manual/download-location.txt index 13e675cf4..4befe0a2a 100644 --- a/docs/manual/download-location.txt +++ b/docs/manual/download-location.txt @@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ Location of downloaded packages ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -It might be useful to know that the various tarballs that are -downloaded by the Makefiles are all stored in +DL_DIR+ which by -default is the +dl+ directory. This is useful, for example, if you want +The various tarballs that are downloaded by Buildroot are all stored in ++DL_DIR+, which by default is the +dl+ directory. If you want to keep a complete version of Buildroot which is known to be working -with the associated tarballs. This will allow you to regenerate the -toolchain and the target filesystem with exactly the same versions. +with the associated tarballs, you can make a copy of this directory. +This will allow you to regenerate the toolchain and the target filesystem +with exactly the same versions. If you maintain several Buildroot trees, it might be better to have a shared download location. This can be accessed by creating a symbolic @@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ should be added to +<~/.bashrc>+. ----------------- $ export BUILDROOT_DL_DIR <shared download location> ----------------- + +The download location can also be set in the +.config+ file, with the ++BR2_DL_DIR+ option. This value is overridden by the +BUILDROOT_DL_DIR+ +environment variable. |