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authorThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2011-11-13 09:54:44 +0100
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2011-11-13 21:28:11 +0100
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doc: mention how to format the Config.in file
[Peter: s/but/should as suggested by Michael S. Zick] Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO
http://foosoftware.org/libfoo/
---------------------------
+The +bool+ line, +help+ line and other meta-informations about the
+configuration option must be indented with one tab. The help text
+itself should be indented with one tab and two spaces, and it must
+mention the upstream URL of the project.
+
Of course, you can add other sub-options into a +if
BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO...endif+ statement to configure particular things
in your software. You can look at examples in other packages. The