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authorArnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>2012-11-27 11:59:19 +0000
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2012-11-27 17:07:52 -0800
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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>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt
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+++ 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