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@@ -808,767 +808,708 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO
categories). The files included there are <em>sorted
alphabetically</em> per category and are <em>NOT</em> supposed to
contain anything but the <em>bare</em> name of the package.</p>
+
<pre>
source "package/libfoo/Config.in"
</pre>
- <h3><a name="mk-file"></a>The <code>.mk</code> file</h3>
-
- <p>Finally, here's the hardest part. Create a file named
- <code>foo.mk</code>. It describes how the package should be
- downloaded, configured, built, installed, etc.</p>
-
- <p>Depending on the package type, the <code>.mk</code> file must be
- written in a different way, using different infrastructures:</p>
-
- <ul>
-
- <li>Makefiles for generic packages (not using autotools), based
- on an infrastructure similar to the one used for autotools-based
- packages, but which requires a little more work from the
- developer : specify what should be done at for the configuration,
- compilation, installation and cleanup of the package. This
- infrastructure must be used for all packages that do not use the
- autotools as their build system. In the future, other specialized
- infrastructures might be written for other build systems.<br/>We
- cover them through a <a
- href="#generic-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a <a
- href="#generic-reference">reference</a>.</li>
-
- <li>Makefiles for autotools-based (autoconf, automake, etc.)
- software. We provide a dedicated infrastructure for such
- packages, since autotools is a very common build system. This
- infrastructure <i>must</i> be used for new packages that rely on
- the autotools as their build system.<br/>We cover them through a
- <a href="#autotools-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a <a
- href="#autotools-reference">reference</a>.</li>
-
- <li>Manual Makefiles. These are currently obsolete and no new
- manual Makefiles should be added. However, since there are still
- many of them in the tree and because the , we keep them documented in a <a
- href="#manual-tutorial">tutorial</a>.</li>
-
- </ul>
-
- <h4><a name="generic-tutorial"></a>Makefile for generic packages :
- tutorial</h4>
-
- <pre><tt><span style="color: #000000">01:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#############################################################</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">02:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">03:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900"># libfoo</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">04:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">05:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#############################################################</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">06:</span> <span style="color: #990000">LIBFOO_VERSION:=</span>1.0
-<span style="color: #000000">07:</span> <span style="color: #990000">LIBFOO_SOURCE:=</span>libfoo-<span style="color: #009900">$(LIBFOO_VERSION)</span>.tar.gz
-<span style="color: #000000">08:</span> <span style="color: #990000">LIBFOO_SITE:=</span>http<span style="color: #990000">:</span>//www.foosoftware.org/download
-<span style="color: #000000">09:</span> <span style="color: #009900">LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING=</span>YES
-<span style="color: #000000">10:</span> <span style="color: #009900">LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES =</span> host-libaaa libbbb
+ <h3 id="mk-file">The <code>.mk</code> file</h3>
+
+ <p>Finally, here's the hardest part. Create a file named
+ <code>foo.mk</code>. It describes how the package should be
+ downloaded, configured, built, installed, etc.</p>
+
+ <p>Depending on the package type, the <code>.mk</code> file must be
+ written in a different way, using different infrastructures:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Makefiles for generic packages (not using autotools), based on an
+ infrastructure similar to the one used for autotools-based packages,
+ but which requires a little more work from the developer : specify
+ what should be done at for the configuration, compilation, installation
+ and cleanup of the package. This infrastructure must be used for all
+ packages that do not use the autotools as their build system. In the
+ future, other specialized infrastructures might be written for other
+ build systems.<br/>We cover them through a
+ <a href="#generic-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a
+ <a href="#generic-reference">reference</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>Makefiles for autotools-based (autoconf, automake, etc.) software.
+ We provide a dedicated infrastructure for such packages, since
+ autotools is a very common build system. This infrastructure <i>must
+ </i> be used for new packages that rely on the autotools as their
+ build system.<br/>We cover them through a
+ <a href="#autotools-tutorial">tutorial</a> and a
+ <a href="#autotools-reference">reference</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>Manual Makefiles. These are currently obsolete and no new manual
+ Makefiles should be added. However, since there are still many of them
+ in the tree and because the , we keep them documented in a
+ <a href="#manual-tutorial">tutorial</a>.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h4 id="generic-tutorial">Makefile for generic packages : tutorial</h4>
+
+<pre>
+<span style="color: #000000">01:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #############################################################</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">02:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">03:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> # libfoo</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">04:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">05:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #############################################################</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">06:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_VERSION</span> = 1.0
+<span style="color: #000000">07:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_SOURCE</span> = libfoo-<span style="color: #009900">$(LIBFOO_VERSION)</span>.tar.gz
+<span style="color: #000000">08:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_SITE</span> = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
+<span style="color: #000000">09:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</span> = YES
+<span style="color: #000000">10:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</span> = host-libaaa libbbb
<span style="color: #000000">11:</span>
<span style="color: #000000">12:</span> define LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS
-<span style="color: #000000">13:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(MAKE)</span> <span style="color: #009900">CC</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span><span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_CC)</span> <span style="color: #009900">LD</span><span style="color: #990000">=</span><span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_LD)</span> -C <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span> all
+<span style="color: #000000">13:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(MAKE)</span> CC=<span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_CC)</span> LD=<span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_LD)</span> -C <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span> all
<span style="color: #000000">14:</span> endef
<span style="color: #000000">15:</span>
<span style="color: #000000">16:</span> define LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
-<span style="color: #000000">17:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.a <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/lib/libfoo.a
-<span style="color: #000000">18:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/foo.h <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/include/foo.h
-<span style="color: #000000">19:</span> cp -dpf <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.so<span style="color: #990000">*</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/lib
+<span style="color: #000000">17:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.a <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/lib/libfoo.a
+<span style="color: #000000">18:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0644 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/foo.h <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/include/foo.h
+<span style="color: #000000">19:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.so* <span style="color: #009900">$(STAGING_DIR)</span>/usr/lib
<span style="color: #000000">20:</span> endef
<span style="color: #000000">21:</span>
<span style="color: #000000">22:</span> define LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-<span style="color: #000000">23:</span> cp -dpf <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.so<span style="color: #990000">*</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_DIR)</span>/usr/lib
-<span style="color: #000000">24:</span> -<span style="color: #009900">$(STRIPCMP)</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(STRIP_STRIP_UNNEEDED)</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_DIR)</span>/isr/lib/libfoo.so<span style="color: #990000">*</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">23:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -D -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(@D)</span>/libfoo.so* <span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_DIR)</span>/usr/lib
+<span style="color: #000000">24:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(INSTALL)</span> -d -m 0755 <span style="color: #009900">$(TARGET_DIR)</span>/etc/foo.d
<span style="color: #000000">25:</span> endef
<span style="color: #000000">26:</span>
-<span style="color: #000000">27:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">eval</span></span> <span style="color: #009900">$(</span>call GENTARGETS<span style="color: #990000">,</span>package<span style="color: #990000">,</span>libfoo<span style="color: #990000">))</span></tt></pre>
-
- <p>The Makefile begins on line 6 to 8 by metadata informations: the
- version of the package (<code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>), the name of
- the tarball containing the package (<code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>) and
- the Internet location at which the tarball can be downloaded
- (<code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>). All variables must start with the same
- prefix, <code>LIBFOO_</code> in this case. This prefix is always
- the uppercased version of the package name (see below to understand
- where the package name is defined).</p>
-
- <p>On line 9, we specify that this package wants to install
- something to the staging space. This is often needed for libraries
- since they must install header files and other development files in
- the staging space. This will ensure that the commands listed in the
- <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variable will be
- executed.</p>
-
- <p>On line 10, we specify the list of dependencies this package
- relies on. These dependencies are listed in terms of lower-case
- package names, which can be packages for the target (without the
- <code>host-</code> prefix) or packages for the host (with the
- <code>host-</code>) prefix). Buildroot will ensure that all these
- packages are built and installed <i>before</i> the current package
- starts its configuration.</p>
-
- <p>The rest of the Makefile defines what should be done at the
- different steps of the package configuration, compilation and
- installation. <code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code> tells what steps
- should be performed to build the
- package. <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> tells what steps
- should be performed to install the package in the staging
- space. <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> tells what steps
- should be performed to install the package in the target space.</p>
-
- <p>All these steps rely on the <code>$(@D)</code> variable, which
- contains the directory where the source code of the package has
- been extracted.</p>
-
- <p>Finally, on line 27, we call the <code>GENTARGETS</code> which
- generates, according to the variables defined previously, all the
- Makefile code necessary to make your package working.</p>
-
- <h4><a name="generic-reference"></a>Makefile for generic packages :
- reference</h4>
-
- <p>The <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro takes three arguments:</p>
-
- <ul>
-
- <li>The first argument is the package directory prefix. If your
- package is in <code>package/libfoo</code>, then the directory
- prefix is <code>package</code>. If your package is in
- <code>package/editors/foo</code>, then the directory prefix must
- be <code>package/editors</code>.</li>
-
- <li>The second argument is the lower-cased package name. It must
- match the prefix of the variables in the <code>.mk</code> file
- and must match the configuration option name in the
- <code>Config.in</code> file. For example, if the package name is
- <code>libfoo</code>, so the variables in the <code>.mk</code>
- must start with <code>LIBFOO_</code> and the configuration option
- in the <code>Config.in</code> file must be
- <code>BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO</code>.</li>
-
- <li>The third argument is optional. It can be used to tell if the
- package if a target package (cross-compiled for the target) or a
- host package (natively compiled for the host). If unspecified, it
- is assumed that it is a target package. See below for
- details.</li>
-
- </ul>
-
- <p>For a given package, in a single <code>.mk</code> file, it is
- possible to call GENTARGETS twice, once to create the rules to
- generate a target package and once to create the rules to generate
- a host package:</p>
+<span style="color: #000000">27:</span><span style="color: #009900"> $(eval $(call GENTARGETS,package,libfoo))</span>
+</pre>
+
+ <p>The Makefile begins on line 6 to 8 by metadata informations: the
+ version of the package (<code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>), the name of the
+ tarball containing the package (<code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>) and the
+ Internet location at which the tarball can be downloaded
+ (<code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>). All variables must start with the same prefix,
+ <code>LIBFOO_</code> in this case. This prefix is always the uppercased
+ version of the package name (see below to understand where the package
+ name is defined).</p>
+
+ <p>On line 9, we specify that this package wants to install something to
+ the staging space. This is often needed for libraries since they must
+ install header files and other development files in the staging space.
+ This will ensure that the commands listed in the
+ <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variable will be executed.</p>
+
+ <p>On line 10, we specify the list of dependencies this package relies
+ on. These dependencies are listed in terms of lower-case package names,
+ which can be packages for the target (without the <code>host-</code>
+ prefix) or packages for the host (with the <code>host-</code>) prefix).
+ Buildroot will ensure that all these packages are built and installed
+ <i>before</i> the current package starts its configuration.</p>
+
+ <p>The rest of the Makefile defines what should be done at the different
+ steps of the package configuration, compilation and installation.
+ <code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code> tells what steps should be performed to
+ build the package. <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> tells what
+ steps should be performed to install the package in the staging space.
+ <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> tells what steps should be
+ performed to install the package in the target space.</p>
+
+ <p>All these steps rely on the <code>$(@D)</code> variable, which
+ contains the directory where the source code of the package has been
+ extracted.</p>
+
+ <p>Finally, on line 27, we call the <code>GENTARGETS</code> which
+ generates, according to the variables defined previously, all the
+ Makefile code necessary to make your package working.</p>
+
+ <h4 id="generic-reference">Makefile for generic packages : reference</h4>
+
+ <p>The <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro takes three arguments:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>The first argument is the package directory prefix. If your
+ package is in <code>package/libfoo</code>, then the directory prefix
+ is <code>package</code>. If your package is in
+ <code>package/editors/foo</code>, then the directory prefix must be
+ <code>package/editors</code>.</li>
+
+ <li>The second argument is the lower-cased package name. It must match
+ the prefix of the variables in the <code>.mk</code> file and must
+ match the configuration option name in the <code>Config.in</code>
+ file. For example, if the package name is <code>libfoo</code>, so the
+ variables in the <code>.mk</code> must start with
+ <code>LIBFOO_</code> and the configuration option in the
+ <code>Config.in</code> file must be <code>BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO</code>.</li>
+
+ <li>The third argument is optional. It can be used to tell if the
+ package if a target package (cross-compiled for the target) or a host
+ package (natively compiled for the host). If unspecified, it is
+ assumed that it is a target package. See below for details.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>For a given package, in a single <code>.mk</code> file, it is
+ possible to call GENTARGETS twice, once to create the rules to generate
+ a target package and once to create the rules to generate a host package:
+ </p>
<pre>
$(eval $(call GENTARGETS,package,libfoo))
$(eval $(call GENTARGETS,package,libfoo,host))
</pre>
- <p>This might be useful if the compilation of the target package
- requires some tools to be installed on the host. If the package
- name is <code>libfoo</code>, then the name of the package for the
- target is also <code>libfoo</code>, while the name of the package
- for the host is <code>host-libfoo</code>. These names should be
- used in the DEPENDENCIES variables of other packages if they depend
- on <code>libfoo</code> or <code>host-libfoo</code>.</p>
-
- <p>The call to the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro <b>must</b> be at
- the end of the <code>.mk</code> file, after all variable
- definitions.</p>
-
- <p>For the target package, the <code>GENTARGETS</code> uses the
- variables defined by the .mk file and prefixed by the uppercased
- package name: <code>LIBFOO_*</code>. For the host package, it uses
- the <code>HOST_LIBFOO_*</code>. For <i>some</i> variables, if the
- <code>HOST_LIBFOO_</code> prefixed variable doesn't exist, the
- package infrastructure uses the corresponding variable prefixed by
- <code>LIBFOO_</code>. This is done for variables that are likely to
- have the same value for both the target and host packages. See
- below for details.</p>
-
- <p>The list of variables that can be set in a <code>.mk</code> file
- to give metadata informations is (assuming the package name is
- <code>libfoo</code>) :</p>
-
- <ul>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, mandatory, must contain the
- version of the package. Note that if
- <code>HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION</code> doesn't exist, it is assumed to
- be the same as <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>.<br/>Example:
- <code>LIBFOO_VERSION=0.1.2</code></li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> may contain the name of the
- tarball of the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> is not
- specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>. If none
- are specified, then the value is assumed to be
- <code>packagename-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz</code>.<br/>Example:
- <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE =
- foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2</code></li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code> may contain the name of a patch,
- that will be downloaded from the same location as the tarball
- indicated in <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>. If
- <code>HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH</code> is not specified, it defaults to
- <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>. Also note that another mechanism is
- available to patch a package: all files of the form
- <code>packagename-packageversion-description.patch</code> present
- in the package directory inside Buildroot will be applied to the
- package after extraction.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code> may contain the Internet location of
- the tarball of the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SITE</code> is
- not specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>. If none
- are specified, then the location is assumed to be
- <code>http://$$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/packagename</code>.<br/>Example:
- <code>LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.foosoftware.org/libfoo</code>.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the dependencies (in
- terms of package name) that are required for the current target
- package to compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be
- compiled and installed before the configuration of the current
- package starts. In a similar way,
- <code>HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the dependency for
- the current host package.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code> can be set to
- <code>YES</code> or <code>NO</code> (default). If set to
- <code>YES</code>, then the commands in the
- <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variables are executed
- to install the package into the staging directory.</p>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code> can be set to
- <code>YES</code> (default) or <code>NO</code>. If set to
- <code>YES</code>, then the commands in the
- <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> variables are executed
- to install the package into the target directory.</p>
-
- </ul>
-
- <p>The recommended way to define these variables is to use the
- following syntax:</p>
+ <p>This might be useful if the compilation of the target package
+ requires some tools to be installed on the host. If the package name is
+ <code>libfoo</code>, then the name of the package for the target is also
+ <code>libfoo</code>, while the name of the package for the host is
+ <code>host-libfoo</code>. These names should be used in the DEPENDENCIES
+ variables of other packages if they depend on <code>libfoo</code> or
+ <code>host-libfoo</code>.</p>
+
+ <p>The call to the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro <b>must</b> be at the
+ end of the <code>.mk</code> file, after all variable definitions.</p>
+
+ <p>For the target package, the <code>GENTARGETS</code> uses the
+ variables defined by the .mk file and prefixed by the uppercased package
+ name: <code>LIBFOO_*</code>. For the host package, it uses the
+ <code>HOST_LIBFOO_*</code>. For <i>some</i> variables, if the
+ <code>HOST_LIBFOO_</code> prefixed variable doesn't exist, the package
+ infrastructure uses the corresponding variable prefixed by
+ <code>LIBFOO_</code>. This is done for variables that are likely to have
+ the same value for both the target and host packages. See below for
+ details.</p>
+
+ <p>The list of variables that can be set in a <code>.mk</code> file to
+ give metadata informations is (assuming the package name is
+ <code>libfoo</code>) :</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, mandatory, must contain the version
+ of the package. Note that if <code>HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION</code> doesn't
+ exist, it is assumed to be the same as <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>.
+ <br/>Example: <code>LIBFOO_VERSION=0.1.2</code></li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> may contain the name of the tarball of
+ the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> is not specified, it
+ defaults to <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>. If none are specified, then
+ the value is assumed to be
+ <code>packagename-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz</code>.<br/>Example:
+ <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE = foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2</code></li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code> may contain the name of a patch, that
+ will be downloaded from the same location as the tarball indicated in
+ <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH</code> is not
+ specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>. Also note that
+ another mechanism is available to patch a package: all files of the
+ form <code>packagename-packageversion-description.patch</code> present
+ in the package directory inside Buildroot will be applied to the
+ package after extraction.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code> may contain the Internet location of the
+ tarball of the package. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SITE</code> is not
+ specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>. If none are
+ specified, then the location is assumed to be
+ <code>http://$$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/packagename</code>.
+ <br/>Example:
+ <code>LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.foosoftware.org/libfoo</code>.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the dependencies (in terms
+ of package name) that are required for the current target package to
+ compile. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and
+ installed before the configuration of the current package starts. In a
+ similar way, <code>HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code> lists the
+ dependency for the current host package.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code> can be set to <code>YES</code>
+ or <code>NO</code> (default). If set to <code>YES</code>, then the
+ commands in the <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code> variables are
+ executed to install the package into the staging directory.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code> can be set to <code>YES</code>
+ (default) or <code>NO</code>. If set to <code>YES</code>, then the
+ commands in the <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code> variables are
+ executed to install the package into the target directory.</li> </ul>
+
+ <p>The recommended way to define these variables is to use the following
+ syntax:</p>
<pre>
LIBFOO_VERSION=2.32
</pre>
- <p>Now, the variables that define what should be performed at the
- different steps of the build process.</p>
-
- <ul>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code>, used to list the
- actions to be performed to configure the package before its
- compilation</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to
- be performed to compile the package</li>
-
- <li><code>HOST_LIBFOO_INSTALL_CMDS</code>, used to list the
- actions to be performed to install the package, when the
- package is a host package. The package must install its files
- to the directory given by <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>. All files,
- including development files such as headers should be
- installed, since other packages might be compiled on top of
- this package.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the
- actions to be performed to install the package to the target
- directory, when the package is a target package. The package
- must install its files to the directory given by
- <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code>. Only the files required for
- <i>execution</i> of the package should be installed. Header
- files and documentation should not be installed.</li>
+ <p>Now, the variables that define what should be performed at the
+ different steps of the build process.</p>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the
- actions to be performed to install the package to the staging
- directory, when the package is a target package. The package
- must install its files to the directory given by
- <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>. All development files should be
- installed, since they might be needed to compile other
- packages.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to
- perform to clean up the build directory of the package.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the
- actions to uninstall the package from the target directory
- <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code></li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code></li>, used to
- list the actions to uninstall the package from the staging
- directory <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>.</li>
-
- </ul>
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to be
+ performed to configure the package before its compilation</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to be
+ performed to compile the package</li>
+
+ <li><code>HOST_LIBFOO_INSTALL_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to
+ be performed to install the package, when the package is a host
+ package. The package must install its files to the directory given by
+ <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>. All files, including development files such
+ as headers should be installed, since other packages might be compiled
+ on top of this package.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions
+ to be performed to install the package to the target directory, when
+ the package is a target package. The package must install its files to
+ the directory given by <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code>. Only the files
+ required for <i>execution</i> of the package
+ should be installed. Header files and documentation should not be
+ installed.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions
+ to be performed to install the package to the staging directory, when
+ the package is a target package. The package must install its files to
+ the directory given by <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>. All development
+ files should be installed, since they might be needed to compile other
+ packages.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions to
+ perform to clean up the build directory of the package.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS</code>, used to list the actions
+ to uninstall the package from the target directory
+ <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code></li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_CMDS</code>, used to list the
+ actions to uninstall the package from the staging directory
+ <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>.</li>
+ </ul>
- <p>The preferred way to define these variables is:</p>
+ <p>The preferred way to define these variables is:</p>
<pre>
define LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS
- action 1
- action 2
- action 3
-endef</pre>
-
- <p>In the action definitions, you can use the following
- variables:</p>
-
- <ul>
-
- <li><code>$(@D)</code>, which contains the directory in which
- the package source code has been uncompressed.</li>
+ action 1
+ action 2
+ action 3
+endef
+</pre>
- <li><code>$(TARGET_CC)</code>, <code>$(TARGET_LD)</code>,
- etc. to get the target cross-compilation utilities</li>
+ <p>In the action definitions, you can use the following variables:</p>
- <li><code>$(TARGET_CROSS)</code> to get the cross-compilation
- toolchain prefix</li>
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>$(@D)</code>, which contains the directory in which the
+ package source code has been uncompressed.</li>
- <li>Of course the <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>,
- <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code> and <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code>
- variables to install the packages properly.</li>
+ <li><code>$(TARGET_CC)</code>, <code>$(TARGET_LD)</code>, etc. to get
+ the target cross-compilation utilities</li>
- </ul>
+ <li><code>$(TARGET_CROSS)</code> to get the cross-compilation
+ toolchain prefix</li>
+ <li>Of course the <code>$(HOST_DIR)</code>, <code>$(STAGING_DIR)</code>
+ and <code>$(TARGET_DIR)</code> variables to install the packages
+ properly.</li>
+ </ul>
- <p>The last feature of the generic infrastructure is the ability
- to add hook more actions after existing steps. These hooks aren't
- really useful for generic packages, since the <code>.mk</code>
- file already has full control over the actions performed in each
- step of the package construction. The hooks are more useful for
- packages using the autotools infrastructure described below. But
- since they are provided by the generic infrastructure, they are
- documented here.</p>
+ <p>The last feature of the generic infrastructure is the ability to add
+ hook more actions after existing steps. These hooks aren't really useful
+ for generic packages, since the <code>.mk</code> file already has full
+ control over the actions performed in each step of the package
+ construction. The hooks are more useful for packages using the autotools
+ infrastructure described below. But since they are provided by the
+ generic infrastructure, they are documented here.</p>
- <p>The following hook points are available:</p>
+ <p>The following hook points are available:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS</code></li>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS</code></li>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_BUILD_HOOKS</code></li>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS</code> (for host packages only)</li>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS</code> (for target packages only)</li>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS</code> (for target packages only)</li>
- </ul>
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS</code></li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS</code></li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_BUILD_HOOKS</code></li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS</code> (for host packages only)</li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS</code> (for target packages only)</li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS</code> (for target packages only)</li>
+ </ul>
- <p>This variables are <i>lists</i> of variable names containing
- actions to be performed at this hook point. This allows several
- hooks to be registered at a given hook point. Here is an
- example:</p>
+ <p>This variables are <i>lists</i> of variable names containing actions
+ to be performed at this hook point. This allows several hooks to be
+ registered at a given hook point. Here is an example:</p>
- <pre>
+<pre>
define LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
- action1
- action2
+ action1
+ action2
endef
LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
</pre>
- <h4><a name="autotools-tutorial"></a>Makefile for autotools-based
- packages : tutorial</h4>
-
- <p>First, let's see how to write a <code>.mk</code> file for an
- autotools-based package, with an example&nbsp;:</p>
-
-<pre><tt><span style="color: #000000">01:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#############################################################</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">02:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">03:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900"># foo</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">04:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">05:</span> <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">#############################################################</span></span>
-<span style="color: #000000">06:</span>
-<span style="color: #000000">07:</span> <span style="color: #990000">FOO_VERSION:=</span>1.0
-<span style="color: #000000">08:</span> <span style="color: #990000">FOO_SOURCE:=</span>foo-<span style="color: #009900">$(FOO_VERSION)</span>.tar.gz
-<span style="color: #000000">09:</span> <span style="color: #990000">FOO_SITE:=</span>http<span style="color: #990000">:</span>//www.foosoftware.org/downloads
-<span style="color: #000000">10:</span> <span style="color: #009900">FOO_INSTALL_STAGING =</span> YES
-<span style="color: #000000">11:</span> <span style="color: #009900">FOO_INSTALL_TARGET =</span> YES
-<span style="color: #000000">12:</span> <span style="color: #009900">FOO_CONF_OPT =</span> --enable-shared
-<span style="color: #000000">13:</span> <span style="color: #009900">FOO_DEPENDENCIES =</span> libglib2 host-pkg-config
-<span style="color: #000000">14:</span>
-<span style="color: #000000">15:</span> <span style="color: #009900">$(</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">eval</span></span> <span style="color: #009900">$(</span>call AUTOTARGETS<span style="color: #990000">,</span>package<span style="color: #990000">,</span>foo<span style="color: #990000">))</span></tt></pre>
-
- <p>On line 7, we declare the version of the package. On line 8 and
- 9, we declare the name of the tarball and the location of the
- tarball on the Web. Buildroot will automatically download the
+ <h4 id="autotools-tutorial">Makefile for autotools-based packages : tutorial</h4>
+
+ <p>First, let's see how to write a <code>.mk</code> file for an
+ autotools-based package, with an example :</p>
+
+<pre>
+<span style="color: #000000">01:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #############################################################</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">02:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">03:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> # libfoo</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">04:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">05:</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: #9A1900"> #############################################################</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">06:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_VERSION</span> = 1.0
+<span style="color: #000000">07:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_SOURCE</span> = libfoo-<span style="color: #009900">$(LIBFOO_VERSION)</span>.tar.gz
+<span style="color: #000000">08:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_SITE</span> = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
+<span style="color: #000000">09:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</span> = YES
+<span style="color: #000000">10:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</span> = YES
+<span style="color: #000000">11:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_CONF_OPT</span> = --enable-shared
+<span style="color: #000000">12:</span><span style="color: #009900"> LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</span> = libglib2 host-pkg-config
+<span style="color: #000000">13:</span>
+<span style="color: #000000">14:</span><span style="color: #009900"> $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,libfoo))</span>
+</pre>
+
+ <p>On line 6, we declare the version of the package.</p>
+
+ <p>On line 7 and 8, we declare the name of the tarball and the location
+ of the tarball on the Web. Buildroot will automatically download the
tarball from this location.</p>
- <p>On line 10, we tell Buildroot to install the package to the
- staging directory. The staging directory, located in
- <code>output/staging/</code> is the directory where all the
- packages are installed, including their development files, etc. By
- default, packages are not installed to the staging directory,
- since usually, only libraries need to be installed in the staging
- directory: their development files are needed to compile other
- libraries or applications depending on them. Also by default, when
- staging installation is enabled, packages are installed in this
- location using the <code>make install</code> command.</p>
-
- <p>On line 11, we tell Buildroot to also install the package to
- the target directory. This directory contains what will become the
- root filesystem running on the target. Usually, we try not to
- install the documentation and to install stripped versions of the
- binary. By default, target installation is enabled, so in fact,
- this line is not strictly necessary. Also by default, packages are
- installed in this location using the <code>make
- install-strip</code> command.</p>
-
- <p>On line 12, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure
- option, that will be passed to the <code>./configure</code> script
- before configuring and building the package.</p>
-
- <p>On line 13, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built
+ <p>On line 9, we tell Buildroot to install the package to the staging
+ directory. The staging directory, located in <code>output/staging/</code>
+ is the directory where all the packages are installed, including their
+ development files, etc. By default, packages are not installed to the
+ staging directory, since usually, only libraries need to be installed in
+ the staging directory: their development files are needed to compile
+ other libraries or applications depending on them. Also by default, when
+ staging installation is enabled, packages are installed in this location
+ using the <code>make install</code> command.</p>
+
+ <p>On line 10, we tell Buildroot to also install the package to the
+ target directory. This directory contains what will become the root
+ filesystem running on the target. Usually, we try not to install header
+ files and to install stripped versions of the binary. By default, target
+ installation is enabled, so in fact, this line is not strictly
+ necessary. Also by default, packages are installed in this location
+ using the <code>make install</code> command.</p>
+
+ <p>On line 11, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure option, that
+ will be passed to the <code>./configure</code> script before configuring
+ and building the package.</p>
+
+ <p>On line 12, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built
before the build process of our package starts.</p>
- <p>Finally, on line line 14, we invoke the
- <code>AUTOTARGETS</code> macro that generates all the Makefile
- rules that actually allows the package to be built.</p>
-
- <h4><a name="autotools-reference"></a>Makefile for autotools
- packages : reference</h4>
-
- <p>The main macro of the autotools package infrastructure is
- <code>AUTOTARGETS</code>. It has the same number of arguments and
- the same semantic as the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro, which is
- the main macro of the generic package infrastructure. For
- autotools packages, the ability to have target and host packages
- is also available (and is actually widely used).</p>
-
- <p>Just like the generic infrastructure, the autotools
- infrastructure works by defining a number of variables before
- calling the <code>AUTOTARGETS</code> macro.</p>
-
- <p>First, all the package meta-information variables that exist in
- the generic infrastructure also exist in the autotools
- infrastructure: <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>,
- <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>, <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>,
- <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>,
- <code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code>,
- <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code>,
- <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code>.</p>
-
- <p>A few additional variables, specific to the autotools
- infrastructure, can also be defined. Many of them are only useful
- in very specific cases, typical packages will therefore only use a
- few of them.</p>
+ <p>Finally, on line line 14, we invoke the <code>AUTOTARGETS</code>
+ macro that generates all the Makefile rules that actually allows the
+ package to be built.</p>
- <ul>
+ <h4 id="autotools-reference">Makefile for autotools packages : reference</h4>
- <li><code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> may contain the name of a
- subdirectory inside the package that contains the configure
- script. This is useful, if for example, the main configure
- script is not at the root of the tree extracted by the
- tarball. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> is not specified, it
- defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_ENV</code>, to specify additional
- environment variables to pass to the configure script. By
- default, empty.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_OPT</code>, to specify additional
- configure options to pass to the configure script. By default,
- empty.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE</code>, to specify an
- alternate <code>make</code> command. This is typically useful
- when parallel make it enabled in the configuration
- (using <code>BR2_JLEVEL</code>) but that this feature should be
- disabled for the given package, for one reason or another. By
- default, set to <code>$(MAKE)</code>. If parallel building is
- not supported by the package, then it should
- do <code>LIBFOO_MAKE=$(MAKE1)</code>.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_ENV</code>, to specify additional
- environment variables to pass to make in the build step. These
- are passed before the <code>make</code> command. By default,
- empty.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_OPT</code>, to specify additional
- variables to pass to make in the build step. These are passed
- after the <code>make</code> command. By default, empty.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF</code>, tells whether the package
- should be autoreconfigured or not (i.e, if the configure script
- and Makefile.in files should be re-generated by re-running
- autoconf, automake, libtool, etc.). Valid values
- are <code>YES</code> and <code>NO</code>. By default, the value
- is <code>NO</code></li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF_OPT</code> to specify additional
- options passed to the <i>autoreconf</i> program
- if <code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF=YES</code>. By default, empty.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_LIBTOOL_PATCH</code> tells whether the
- Buildroot patch to fix libtool cross-compilation issues should
- be applied or not. Valid values are <code>YES</code>
- and <code>NO</code>. By default, the value
- is <code>YES</code></li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_USE_CONFIG_CACHE</code> tells whether the
- configure script should really on a cache file that caches test
- results from previous configure script. Usually, this variable
- should be left to its default value. Only for specific packages
- having issues with the configure cache can set this variable to
- the <code>NO</code> value (but this is more a work-around than a
- really fix)</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code> contains the make
- options used to install the package to the staging directory. By
- default, the value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR)
- install</code>, which is correct for most autotools packages. It
- is still possible to override it.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code> contains the make
- options used to install the package to the target directory. By
- default, the value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR)
- install-strip</code> if <code>BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG</code> is not
- set, and <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install-exec</code>
- if <code>BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG</code> is set. These default values
- are correct for most autotools packages, but it is still
- possible to override them if needed.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_OPT</code> contains the make options used
- to clean the package. By default, the value
- is <code>clean</code>.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code>, contains the make
- options used to uninstall the package from the staging
- directory. By default, the value is
- <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) uninstall</code>.</li>
-
- <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code>, contains the make
- options used to uninstall the package from the target
- directory. By default, the value is
- <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) uninstall</code>.</li>
+ <p>The main macro of the autotools package infrastructure is
+ <code>AUTOTARGETS</code>. It has the same number of arguments and the
+ same semantic as the <code>GENTARGETS</code> macro, which is the main
+ macro of the generic package infrastructure. For autotools packages, the
+ ability to have target and host packages is also available (and is
+ actually widely used).</p>
- </ul>
+ <p>Just like the generic infrastructure, the autotools infrastructure
+ works by defining a number of variables before calling the
+ <code>AUTOTARGETS</code> macro.</p>
- <p>With the autotools infrastructure, all the steps required to
- build and install the packages are already defined, and they
- generally work well for most autotools-based packages. However,
- when required, it is still possible to customize what is done in
- particular step:</p>
+ <p>First, all the package meta-information variables that exist in the
+ generic infrastructure also exist in the autotools infrastructure:
+ <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>,
+ <code>LIBFOO_PATCH</code>, <code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>,
+ <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>, <code>LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES</code>,
+ <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING</code>, <code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET</code>.</p>
- <ul>
+ <p>A few additional variables, specific to the autotools infrastructure,
+ can also be defined. Many of them are only useful in very specific
+ cases, typical packages will therefore only use a few of them.</p>
- <li>By adding a post-operation hook (after extract, patch,
- configure, build or install). See the reference documentation of
- the generic infrastructure for details.</li>
+ <ul>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> may contain the name of a subdirectory
+ inside the package that contains the configure script. This is useful,
+ if for example, the main configure script is not at the root of the
+ tree extracted by the tarball. If <code>HOST_LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code> is
+ not specified, it defaults to <code>LIBFOO_SUBDIR</code>.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_ENV</code>, to specify additional environment
+ variables to pass to the configure script. By default, empty.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_CONF_OPT</code>, to specify additional configure
+ options to pass to the configure script. By default, empty.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE</code>, to specify an alternate <code>make</code>
+ command. This is typically useful when parallel make it enabled in
+ the configuration (using <code>BR2_JLEVEL</code>) but that this
+ feature should be disabled for the given package, for one reason or
+ another. By default, set to <code>$(MAKE)</code>. If parallel building
+ is not supported by the package, then it should do
+ <code>LIBFOO_MAKE=$(MAKE1)</code>.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_ENV</code>, to specify additional environment
+ variables to pass to make in the build step. These are passed before
+ the <code>make</code> command. By default, empty.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_MAKE_OPT</code>, to specify additional variables to
+ pass to make in the build step. These are passed after the
+ <code>make</code> command. By default, empty.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF</code>, tells whether the package should
+ be autoreconfigured or not (i.e, if the configure script and
+ Makefile.in files should be re-generated by re-running autoconf,
+ automake, libtool, etc.). Valid values are <code>YES</code> and
+ <code>NO</code>. By default, the value is <code>NO</code></li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF_OPT</code> to specify additional options
+ passed to the <i>autoreconf</i> program if
+ <code>LIBFOO_AUTORECONF=YES</code>. By default, empty.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_LIBTOOL_PATCH</code> tells whether the Buildroot
+ patch to fix libtool cross-compilation issues should be applied or
+ not. Valid values are <code>YES</code> and <code>NO</code>. By
+ default, the value is <code>YES</code></li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_USE_CONFIG_CACHE</code> tells whether the configure
+ script should really on a cache file that caches test results from
+ previous configure script. Usually, this variable should be left to
+ its default value. Only for specific packages having issues with the
+ configure cache can set this variable to the <code>NO</code> value
+ (but this is more a work-around than a really fix)</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code> contains the make options
+ used to install the package to the staging directory. By default, the
+ value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) install</code>, which is
+ correct for most autotools packages. It is still possible to override
+ it.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code> contains the make options
+ used to install the package to the target directory. By default, the
+ value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install-strip</code> if
+ <code>BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG</code> is not set, and
+ <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) install-exec</code> if
+ <code>BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG</code> is set. These default values are correct
+ for most autotools packages, but it is still possible to override them
+ if needed.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_CLEAN_OPT</code> contains the make options used to
+ clean the package. By default, the value is <code>clean</code>.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_OPT</code>, contains the make
+ options used to uninstall the package from the staging directory. By
+ default, the value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(STAGING_DIR) uninstall</code>.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_OPT</code>, contains the make
+ options used to uninstall the package from the target directory. By
+ default, the value is <code>DESTDIR=$$(TARGET_DIR) uninstall</code>.</li>
+ </ul>
- <li>By overriding one of the steps. For example, even if the
- autotools infrastructure is used, if the package
- <code>.mk</code> defines its own
- <code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code> variable, it will be used
- instead of the default autotools one. However, using this method
- should be restricted to very specific cases. Do not use it in
- the general case.</li>
+ <p>With the autotools infrastructure, all the steps required to build
+ and install the packages are already defined, and they generally work
+ well for most autotools-based packages. However, when required, it is
+ still possible to customize what is done in particular step:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>By adding a post-operation hook (after extract, patch, configure,
+ build or install). See the reference documentation of the generic
+ infrastructure for details.</li>
+
+ <li>By overriding one of the steps. For example, even if the autotools
+ infrastructure is used, if the package <code>.mk</code> defines its
+ own <code>LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS</code> variable, it will be used
+ instead of the default autotools one. However, using this method
+ should be restricted to very specific cases. Do not use it in the
+ general case.</li>
</ul>
- <h4><a name="manual-tutorial"></a>Manual Makefile : tutorial</h4>
+ <h4 id ="manual-tutorial">Manual Makefile : tutorial</h4>
- <p><b>NOTE: new manual makefiles should not be created, and
- existing manual makefiles should be converted either to the
- generic infrastructure or the autotools infrastructure. This
- section is only kept to document the existing manual makefiles and
- help understanding how they work.</b></p>
+ <p><b>NOTE: new manual makefiles should not be created, and existing
+ manual makefiles should be converted either to the generic
+ infrastructure or the autotools infrastructure. This section is only
+ kept to document the existing manual makefiles and help understanding
+ how they work.</b></p>
<pre>
- <a name="ex2line1" id="ex2line1">1</a> #############################################################
- <a name="ex2line2" id="ex2line2">2</a> #
- <a name="ex2line3" id="ex2line3">3</a> # foo
- <a name="ex2line4" id="ex2line4">4</a> #
- <a name="ex2line5" id="ex2line5">5</a> #############################################################
- <a name="ex2line6" id="ex2line6">6</a> FOO_VERSION:=1.0
- <a name="ex2line7" id="ex2line7">7</a> FOO_SOURCE:=foo-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
- <a name="ex2line8" id="ex2line8">8</a> FOO_SITE:=http://www.foosoftware.org/downloads
- <a name="ex2line9" id="ex2line9">9</a> FOO_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/foo-$(FOO_VERSION)
- <a name="ex2line10" id="ex2line10">10</a> FOO_BINARY:=foo
- <a name="ex2line11" id="ex2line11">11</a> FOO_TARGET_BINARY:=usr/bin/foo
- <a name="ex2line12" id="ex2line12">12</a>
- <a name="ex2line13" id="ex2line13">13</a> $(DL_DIR)/$(FOO_SOURCE):
- <a name="ex2line14" id="ex2line14">14</a> $(call DOWNLOAD,$(FOO_SITE),$(FOO_SOURCE))
- <a name="ex2line15" id="ex2line15">15</a>
- <a name="ex2line16" id="ex2line16">16</a> $(FOO_DIR)/.source: $(DL_DIR)/$(FOO_SOURCE)
- <a name="ex2line17" id="ex2line17">17</a> $(ZCAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(FOO_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
- <a name="ex2line18" id="ex2line18">18</a> touch $@
- <a name="ex2line19" id="ex2line19">19</a>
- <a name="ex2line20" id="ex2line20">20</a> $(FOO_DIR)/.configured: $(FOO_DIR)/.source
- <a name="ex2line21" id="ex2line21">21</a> (cd $(FOO_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
- <a name="ex2line22" id="ex2line22">22</a> $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
- <a name="ex2line23" id="ex2line23">23</a> $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
- <a name="ex2line24" id="ex2line24">24</a> ./configure \
- <a name="ex2line25" id="ex2line25">25</a> --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
- <a name="ex2line26" id="ex2line26">26</a> --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
- <a name="ex2line27" id="ex2line27">27</a> --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
- <a name="ex2line28" id="ex2line28">28</a> --prefix=/usr \
- <a name="ex2line29" id="ex2line29">29</a> --sysconfdir=/etc \
- <a name="ex2line30" id="ex2line30">30</a> )
- <a name="ex2line31" id="ex2line31">31</a> touch $@
- <a name="ex2line32" id="ex2line32">32</a>
- <a name="ex2line33" id="ex2line33">33</a> $(FOO_DIR)/$(FOO_BINARY): $(FOO_DIR)/.configured
- <a name="ex2line34" id="ex2line34">34</a> $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(FOO_DIR)
- <a name="ex2line35" id="ex2line35">35</a>
- <a name="ex2line36" id="ex2line36">36</a> $(TARGET_DIR)/$(FOO_TARGET_BINARY): $(FOO_DIR)/$(FOO_BINARY)
- <a name="ex2line37" id="ex2line37">37</a> $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(FOO_DIR) install-strip
- <a name="ex2line38" id="ex2line38">38</a> rm -Rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man
- <a name="ex2line39" id="ex2line39">39</a>
- <a name="ex2line40" id="ex2line40">40</a> foo: uclibc ncurses $(TARGET_DIR)/$(FOO_TARGET_BINARY)
- <a name="ex2line41" id="ex2line41">41</a>
- <a name="ex2line42" id="ex2line42">42</a> foo-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(FOO_SOURCE)
- <a name="ex2line43" id="ex2line43">43</a>
- <a name="ex2line44" id="ex2line44">44</a> foo-clean:
- <a name="ex2line45" id="ex2line45">45</a> $(MAKE) prefix=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr -C $(FOO_DIR) uninstall
- <a name="ex2line46" id="ex2line46">46</a> -$(MAKE) -C $(FOO_DIR) clean
- <a name="ex2line47" id="ex2line47">47</a>
- <a name="ex2line48" id="ex2line48">48</a> foo-dirclean:
- <a name="ex2line49" id="ex2line49">49</a> rm -rf $(FOO_DIR)
- <a name="ex2line50" id="ex2line50">50</a>
- <a name="ex2line51" id="ex2line51">51</a> #############################################################
- <a name="ex2line52" id="ex2line52">52</a> #
- <a name="ex2line53" id="ex2line53">53</a> # Toplevel Makefile options
- <a name="ex2line54" id="ex2line54">54</a> #
- <a name="ex2line55" id="ex2line55">55</a> #############################################################
- <a name="ex2line56" id="ex2line56">56</a> ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FOO),y)
- <a name="ex2line57" id="ex2line57">57</a> TARGETS+=foo
- <a name="ex2line58" id="ex2line58">58</a> endif
-
+01: #############################################################
+02: #
+03: # libfoo
+04: #
+05: #############################################################
+<span id="ex2line6">06: LIBFOO_VERSION:=1.0</span>
+07: LIBFOO_SOURCE:=libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz
+08: LIBFOO_SITE:=http://www.foosoftware.org/downloads
+09: LIBFOO_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/foo-$(FOO_VERSION)
+10: LIBFOO_BINARY:=foo
+11: LIBFOO_TARGET_BINARY:=usr/bin/foo
+12:
+<span id="ex2line13">13: $(DL_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_SOURCE):</span>
+14: $(call DOWNLOAD,$(LIBFOO_SITE),$(LIBFOO_SOURCE))
+15:
+<span id="ex2line16">16: $(LIBFOO_DIR)/.source: $(DL_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_SOURCE)</span>
+17: $(ZCAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+18: touch $@
+19:
+<span id="ex2line20">20: $(LIBFOO_DIR)/.configured: $(LIBFOO_DIR)/.source</span>
+21: (cd $(LIBFOO_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
+22: $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+23: $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS) \
+24: ./configure \
+25: --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+26: --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+27: --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+28: --prefix=/usr \
+29: --sysconfdir=/etc \
+30: )
+31: touch $@
+32:
+<span id="ex2line33">33: $(LIBFOO_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_BINARY): $(LIBFOO_DIR)/.configured</span>
+34: $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(LIBFOO_DIR)
+35:
+<span id="ex2line36">36: $(TARGET_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_TARGET_BINARY): $(LIBFOO_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_BINARY)</span>
+37: $(MAKE) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) -C $(LIBFOO_DIR) install-strip
+38: rm -Rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man
+39:
+<span id="ex2line40">40: libfoo: uclibc ncurses $(TARGET_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_TARGET_BINARY)</span>
+41:
+<span id="ex2line42">42: libfoo-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(LIBFOO_SOURCE)</span>
+43:
+<span id="ex2line44">44: libfoo-clean:</span>
+45: $(MAKE) prefix=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr -C $(LIBFOO_DIR) uninstall
+46: -$(MAKE) -C $(LIBFOO_DIR) clean
+47:
+<span id="ex2line48">48: libfoo-dirclean:</span>
+49: rm -rf $(LIBFOO_DIR)
+50:
+<span id="ex2line51">51: #############################################################</span>
+52: #
+53: # Toplevel Makefile options
+54: #
+55: #############################################################
+56: ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO),y)
+57: TARGETS+=libfoo
+58: endif
</pre>
- <p>First of all, this Makefile example works for a package which comprises a single
- binary executable. For other software, such as libraries or more
- complex stuff with multiple binaries, it must be adapted. For examples look at
- the other <code>*.mk</code> files in the <code>package</code>
- directory. </p>
+ <p>First of all, this Makefile example works for a package which
+ comprises a single binary executable. For other software, such as
+ libraries or more complex stuff with multiple binaries, it must be
+ adapted. For examples look at the other <code>*.mk</code> files in the
+ <code>package</code> directory.</p>
<p>At lines <a href="#ex2line6">6-11</a>, a couple of useful variables are
defined:</p>
<ul>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code>: The version of <i>libfoo</i> that
+ should be downloaded.</li>
- <li><code>FOO_VERSION</code>: The version of <i>foo</i> that
- should be downloaded. </li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code>: The name of the tarball of <i>libfoo</i>
+ on the download website or FTP site. As you can see
+ <code>LIBFOO_VERSION</code> is used.</li>
- <li><code>FOO_SOURCE</code>: The name of the tarball of
- <i>foo</i> on the download website or FTP site. As you can see
- <code>FOO_VERSION</code> is used. </li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_SITE</code>: The HTTP or FTP site from which
+ <i>libfoo</i> archive is downloaded. It must include the complete path to
+ the directory where <code>LIBFOO_SOURCE</code> can be found.</li>
- <li><code>FOO_SITE</code>: The HTTP or FTP site from which
- <i>foo</i> archive is downloaded. It must include the complete
- path to the directory where <code>FOO_SOURCE</code> can be
- found. </li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_DIR</code>: The directory into which the software will
+ be configured and compiled. Basically, it's a subdirectory of
+ <code>BUILD_DIR</code> which is created upon decompression of the tarball.
+ </li>
- <li><code>FOO_DIR</code>: The directory into which the software
- will be configured and compiled. Basically, it's a subdirectory
- of <code>BUILD_DIR</code> which is created upon decompression of
- the tarball. </li>
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_BINARY</code>: Software binary name. As said previously,
+ this is an example for a package with a single binary.</li>
+
+ <li><code>LIBFOO_TARGET_BINARY</code>: The full path of the binary inside
+ the target filesystem.</li> </ul>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a> define a target that downloads
+ the tarball from the remote site to the download directory
+ (<code>DL_DIR</code>).</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line16">16-18</a> define a target and associated
+ rules that uncompress the downloaded tarball. As you can see, this
+ target depends on the tarball file so that the previous target (lines <a
+ href="#ex2line13">13-14</a>) is called before executing the rules of the
+ current target. Uncompressing is followed by <i>touching</i> a hidden
+ file to mark the software as having been uncompressed. This trick is
+ used everywhere in a Buildroot Makefile to split steps (download,
+ uncompress, configure, compile, install) while still having correct
+ dependencies.</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line20">20-31</a> define a target and associated
+ rules that configure the software. It depends on the previous target
+ (the hidden <code>.source</code> file) so that we are sure the software
+ has been uncompressed. In order to configure the package, it basically
+ runs the well-known <code>./configure</code> script. As we may be doing
+ cross-compilation, <code>target</code>, <code>host</code> and
+ <code>build</code> arguments are given. The prefix is also set to
+ <code>/usr</code>, not because the software will be installed in
+ <code>/usr</code> on your host system, but because the software will bin
+ installed in <code> /usr</code> on the target filesystem. Finally it
+ creates a <code>.configured</code> file to mark the software as
+ configured.</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line33">33-34</a> define a target and a rule that
+ compile the software. This target will create the binary file in the
+ compilation directory and depends on the software being already
+ configured (hence the reference to the <code>.configured</code> file).
+ It basically runs <code>make</code> inside the source directory.</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line36">36-38</a> define a target and associated
+ rules that install the software inside the target filesystem. They
+ depend on the binary file in the source directory to make sure the
+ software has been compiled. They use the <code>install-strip</code>
+ target of the software <code>Makefile</code> by passing a
+ <code>DESTDIR</code> argument so that the <code>Makefile</code> doesn't
+ try to install the software in the host <code>/usr</code> but rather in
+ the target <code>/usr</code>. After the installation, the
+ <code>/usr/man </code> directory inside the target filesystem is removed
+ to save space. </p>
+
+ <p>Line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a> defines the main target of the
+ software &mdash; the one that will be eventually be used by the top level
+ <code>Makefile</code> to download, compile, and then install this
+ package. This target should first of all depend on all needed
+ dependencies of the software (in our example, <i>uclibc</i> and
+ <i>ncurses</i>) and also depend on the final binary. This last dependency
+ will call all previous dependencies in the correct order.</p>
+
+ <p>Line <a href="#ex2line42">42</a> defines a simple target that only
+ downloads the code source. This is not used during normal operation of
+ Buildroot, but is needed if you intend to download all required sources
+ at once for later offline build. Note that if you add a new package
+ providing a <code>libfoo-source</code> target is <i>mandatory</i> to
+ support users that wish to do offline-builds. Furthermore it eases
+ checking if all package-sources are downloadable.</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line44">44-46</a> define a simple target to clean
+ the software build by calling the Makefiles with the appropriate option.
+ The <code>-clean</code> target should run <code>make clean</code> on
+ $(BUILD_DIR)/package-version and MUST uninstall all files of the package
+ from $(STAGING_DIR) and from $(TARGET_DIR).</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line48">48-49</a> define a simple target to
+ completely remove the directory in which the software was uncompressed,
+ configured and compiled. The <code>-dirclean</code> target MUST
+ completely rm $(BUILD_DIR)/ package-version.</p>
+
+ <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line51">51-58</a> add the target <code>libfoo</code>
+ to the list of targets to be compiled by Buildroot by first checking if
+ the configuration option for this package has been enabled using the
+ configuration tool. If so, it then &quot;subscribes&quot; this package
+ to be compiled by adding the package to the TARGETS global variable.
+ The name added to the TARGETS global variable is the name of this
+ package's target, as defined on line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a>, which
+ is used by Buildroot to download, compile, and then install this package.
+ </p>
- <li><code>FOO_BINARY</code>: Software binary name. As said
- previously, this is an example for a package with a single binary.</li>
+ <h3 id="gettext-integration">Gettext integration and interaction with packages</h3>
- <li><code>FOO_TARGET_BINARY</code>: The full path of the binary
- inside the target filesystem. </li>
+ <p>Many packages that support internationalization use the gettext
+ library. Dependency on this library are fairly complicated and therefore
+ deserves a few explanations.</p>
- </ul>
+ <p>The <i>uClibc</i> C library doesn't implement gettext functionality,
+ therefore with this C library, a separate gettext must be compiled. On
+ the other hand, the <i>glibc</i> C library does integrate its own
+ gettext, and in this case, the separate gettext library should not be
+ compiled, because it creates various kind of build failures.</p>
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a> define a target that downloads the
- tarball from the remote site to the download directory
- (<code>DL_DIR</code>). </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line16">16-18</a> define a target and associated rules
- that uncompress the downloaded tarball. As you can see, this target
- depends on the tarball file so that the previous target (lines
- <a href="#ex2line13">13-14</a>) is called before executing the rules of the
- current target. Uncompressing is followed by <i>touching</i> a hidden file
- to mark the software as having been uncompressed. This trick is
- used everywhere in a Buildroot Makefile to split steps
- (download, uncompress, configure, compile, install) while still
- having correct dependencies. </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line20">20-31</a> define a target and associated rules
- that configure the software. It depends on the previous target (the
- hidden <code>.source</code> file) so that we are sure the software has
- been uncompressed. In order to configure the package, it basically runs the
- well-known <code>./configure</code> script. As we may be doing
- cross-compilation, <code>target</code>, <code>host</code> and
- <code>build</code> arguments are given. The prefix is also set to
- <code>/usr</code>, not because the software will be installed in
- <code>/usr</code> on your host system, but because the software will
- bin installed in <code>/usr</code> on the target
- filesystem. Finally it creates a <code>.configured</code> file to
- mark the software as configured. </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line33">33-34</a> define a target and a rule that
- compile the software. This target will create the binary file in the
- compilation directory and depends on the software being already
- configured (hence the reference to the <code>.configured</code>
- file). It basically runs <code>make</code> inside the source
- directory. </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line36">36-38</a> define a target and associated rules
- that install the software inside the target filesystem. They depend on the
- binary file in the source directory to make sure the software has
- been compiled. They use the <code>install-strip</code> target of the
- software <code>Makefile</code> by passing a <code>DESTDIR</code>
- argument so that the <code>Makefile</code> doesn't try to install
- the software in the host <code>/usr</code> but rather in the target
- <code>/usr</code>. After the installation, the
- <code>/usr/man</code> directory inside the target filesystem is
- removed to save space. </p>
-
- <p>Line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a> defines the main target of the software &mdash;
- the one that will be eventually be used by the top level
- <code>Makefile</code> to download, compile, and then install
- this package. This target should first of all depend on all
- needed dependencies of the software (in our example,
- <i>uclibc</i> and <i>ncurses</i>) and also depend on the
- final binary. This last dependency will call all previous
- dependencies in the correct order. </p>
-
- <p>Line <a href="#ex2line42">42</a> defines a simple target that only
- downloads the code source. This is not used during normal operation of
- Buildroot, but is needed if you intend to download all required sources at
- once for later offline build. Note that if you add a new package providing
- a <code>foo-source</code> target is <i>mandatory</i> to support
- users that wish to do offline-builds. Furthermore it eases checking
- if all package-sources are downloadable. </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line44">44-46</a> define a simple target to clean the
- software build by calling the Makefiles with the appropriate option.
- The <code>-clean</code> target should run <code>make clean</code>
- on $(BUILD_DIR)/package-version and MUST uninstall all files of the
- package from $(STAGING_DIR) and from $(TARGET_DIR). </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line48">48-49</a> define a simple target to completely
- remove the directory in which the software was uncompressed, configured and
- compiled. The <code>-dirclean</code> target MUST completely rm $(BUILD_DIR)/
- package-version. </p>
-
- <p>Lines <a href="#ex2line51">51-58</a> add the target <code>foo</code> to
- the list of targets to be compiled by Buildroot by first checking if
- the configuration option for this package has been enabled
- using the configuration tool. If so, it then &quot;subscribes&quot;
- this package to be compiled by adding the package to the TARGETS
- global variable. The name added to the TARGETS global
- variable is the name of this package's target, as defined on
- line <a href="#ex2line40">40</a>, which is used by Buildroot to download,
- compile, and then install this package. </p>
-
- <h3><a name="gettext-integration"></a>Gettext integration and
- interaction with packages</h3>
-
- <p>Many packages that support internationalization use the gettext
- library. Dependency on this library are fairly complicated and
- therefore deserves a few explanations.</p>
-
- <p>The <i>uClibc</i> C library doesn't implement gettext
- functionality, therefore with this C library, a separate gettext
- must be compiled. On the other hand, the <i>glibc</i> C library
- does integrate its own gettext, and in this case, the separate
- gettext library should not be compiled, because it creates various
- kind of build failures.</p>
-
- <p>Additionally, some packages (such as libglib2) do require
- gettext unconditionally, while other packages (those who
- support <code>--disable-nls</code> in general) only require
- gettext when locale support is enabled.</p>
+ <p>Additionally, some packages (such as libglib2) do require gettext
+ unconditionally, while other packages (those who support
+ <code>--disable-nls</code> in general) only require gettext when locale
+ support is enabled.</p>
<p>Therefore, Buildroot defines two configuration options:</p>
@@ -1576,64 +1517,52 @@ LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
<li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>, which is true as soon as the
toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation</li>
- <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>, which is true if
- the toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation and
- if locale support is enabled</li>
-
- </ul>
+ <li><code>BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>, which is true if the
+ toolchain doesn't provide its own gettext implementation and if locale
+ support is enabled</li> </ul>
<p>Therefore, packages that unconditionally need gettext should:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if
- BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code> and possibly <code>select
- BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code> if libintl is
- also needed</li>
+ <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>
+ and possibly <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT</code>
+ if libintl is also needed</li>
- <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)</code> in the
- package <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
+ <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)</code> in the package
+ <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
</ol>
- <p>Packages that need gettext only when locale support is enabled
- should:</p>
+ <p>Packages that need gettext only when locale support is enabled should:
+ </p>
<ol>
- <li>Use <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if
- BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code> and possibly <code>select
- BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code> if
- libintl is also needed</li>
-
- <li>Use <code>$(if
- $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)</code> in the
- package <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
+ <li>Use
+ <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>
+ and possibly
+ <code>select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE</code>
+ if libintl is also needed</li>
+
+ <li>Use <code>$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)</code> in
+ the package <code>DEPENDENCIES</code> variable</li>
</ol>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
- <p>As you can see, adding a software package to Buildroot is simply a
- matter of writing a Makefile using an existing
- example and modifying it according to the compilation process required by
- the package. </p>
+ <p>As you can see, adding a software package to Buildroot is simply a
+ matter of writing a Makefile using an existing example and modifying it
+ according to the compilation process required by the package.</p>
- <p>If you package software that might be useful for other people,
- don't forget to send a patch to Buildroot developers!</p>
+ <p>If you package software that might be useful for other people, don't
+ forget to send a patch to Buildroot developers!</p>
- <h2><a name="links" id="links"></a>Resources</h2>
+ <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>
- <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these
- websites:</p>
+ <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these websites:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">http://www.uclibc.org/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.busybox.net/">http://www.busybox.net/</a></li>
</ul>
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