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| author | Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> | 2012-11-27 11:59:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-11-27 17:07:52 -0800 |
| commit | 50b32848c2e8065a4b3646a5e0c17a0adb54781e (patch) | |
| tree | f137e61b151c5e3c0bedef476e72998d1342dac0 /docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt | |
| parent | 13562ddd2ac2f15e14d5f244675bc3ab2bc63fb2 (diff) | |
| download | buildroot-novena-50b32848c2e8065a4b3646a5e0c17a0adb54781e.tar.gz buildroot-novena-50b32848c2e8065a4b3646a5e0c17a0adb54781e.zip | |
manual: give example where _INSTALL_TARGET = NO
The tutorial for autotools-package and cmake-package currently gives
the bad example of setting _INSTALL_TARGET to YES, which is the default.
So change this into an example with _INSTALL_TARGET = NO, and explain in
which case this is relevant.
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt index 4127df46e..84d76f929 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ package, with an example : 07: LIBFOO_SOURCE = libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz 08: LIBFOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download 09: LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES -10: LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET = YES -11: LIBFOO_CONF_OPT = --enable-shared +10: LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET = NO +11: LIBFOO_CONF_OPT = --disable-shared 12: LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf 13: 14: $(eval $(autotools-package)) @@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ other libraries or applications depending on them. Also by default, when staging installation is enabled, packages are installed in this location using the +make install+ command. -On line 10, we tell Buildroot to also install the package to the +On line 10, we tell Buildroot to not 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 +make install+ command. +filesystem running on the target. For purely static libraries, it is +not necessary to install them in the target directory because they will +not be used at runtime. By default, target installation is enabled; setting +this variable to NO is almost never needed. Also by default, packages are +installed in this location using the +make install+ command. On line 11, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure option, that will be passed to the +./configure+ script before configuring |