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| author | Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@open-nandra.com> | 2012-09-20 10:48:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-10-08 21:25:45 +0200 |
| commit | a84840bfe9c8e00be6dbbed1d8c55a2a54cb13e5 (patch) | |
| tree | f686194dcd1d0495639e17e445808e5a66b30df8 | |
| parent | c2d525e82dacec3e6742312fca61dbded2539ed6 (diff) | |
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Add FAQ entry how to properly add package from github.
Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@open-nandra.com>
Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt index 575d019e9..97a754bbf 100644 --- a/docs/manual/faq.txt +++ b/docs/manual/faq.txt @@ -36,3 +36,24 @@ then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar) distribution, and you should install the +glibc-static+ package. This is because the +module-init-tools+ build process wants to link statically against the C library. + +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/<user>/<package>/tarball/<branch> +------------------------ + +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/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) +------------------------ |