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diff --git a/docs/manual/package-make-target.txt b/docs/manual/package-make-target.txt index e8d5f530c..7374957b8 100644 --- a/docs/manual/package-make-target.txt +++ b/docs/manual/package-make-target.txt @@ -2,20 +2,13 @@ [[pkg-build-steps]] -Package make targets -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Package-specific _make_ targets +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -A +make <package>+ call achieves several _make targets_ with, as a -result, this particular package and its dependencies built, installed -in their destination directory (target, staging or host directory). +Running +make <package>+ builds and installs that particular package +and its dependencies. -For packages based on the Buildroot infrastructures (+generic-package+, -+autotools-package+ or +cmake-package+), each of those -actions/steps/commands. For packages relying on other build system, -then there is no other choice than looking at the +.mk+ file (see also -the xref:rebuild-pkg[]). - -For packages relying on the Buildroot infrastructures, there are +For packages relying on the Buildroot infrastructure, there are numerous special make targets that can be called independently like this: @@ -23,7 +16,7 @@ this: make <package>-<target> ------------ -In order, the package build commands are: +The package build targets are (in the order they are executed): [width="90%",cols="^1,4",options="header"] |=================================================== @@ -38,27 +31,22 @@ build the package | +extract+ | Put the source in the package build directory (extract the tarball, copy the source, etc) -| +patch+ | Apply the patches if any +| +patch+ | Apply the patches, if any -| +configure+ | Run the configure command +| +configure+ | Run the configure commands, if any -| +build+ | Compile the source +| +build+ | Run the compilation commands | +install-staging+ | *target package:* Run the installation of the package in the -staging directory - -*host package:* Does nothing +staging directory, if necessary | +install-target+ | *target package:* Run the installation of the package in the -staging directory - -*host package:* Does nothing +target directory, if necessary | +install+ | -*target package:* Run the 2 previous installation commands for the -target packages +*target package:* Run the 2 previous installation commands *host package:* Run the installation of the package in the host directory @@ -74,15 +62,18 @@ Additionally, there are some other useful make targets: | +show-depends+ | Displays the dependencies required to build the package -| +clean+ | Clean the package build directory, also -uninstall the package from both the target and the staging directory +| +clean+ | Run the clean command of the package, also +uninstall the package from both the target and the staging directory; _note +that this is not implemented for all packages_ | +dirclean+ | Remove the whole package build directory -| +rebuild+ | Rebuild only necessary binaries and install them -again +| +rebuild+ | Re-run the compilation commands - this only makes +sense when using the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+ feature or when you modified a file +directly in the build directory -| +reconfigure+ | Re-run the configure command, then rebuild -only necessary binaries, and lastly install them again +| +reconfigure+ | Re-run the configure commands, then rebuild - this only +makes sense when using the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+ feature or when you modified a +file directly in the build directory |=================================================== |