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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt | 4 |
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@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ help: @echo @echo 'Build:' @echo ' all - make world' + @echo ' <package>-rebuild - force recompile <package>' + @echo ' <package>-reconfigure - force reconfigure <package>' @echo @echo 'Configuration:' @echo ' menuconfig - interactive curses-based configurator' diff --git a/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt b/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt index 9a41a88ac..f247dd04f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt +++ b/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt @@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ The easiest way to rebuild a single package from scratch is to remove its build directory in +output/build+. Buildroot will then re-extract, re-configure, re-compile and re-install this package from scratch. +For convenience, most packages support the special make targets +<package>-reconfigure and <package>-rebuild to repeat the configure +and build steps. + However, if you don't want to rebuild the package completely from scratch, a better understanding of the Buildroot internals is needed. Internally, to keep track of which steps have been done and |