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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt index 5a0d27f06..1d5f30bc3 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt @@ -18,24 +18,25 @@ package, with an example : 03: # libfoo 04: # 05: ############################################################# -06: LIBFOO_VERSION = 1.0 -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 = NO -11: LIBFOO_CONF_OPT = --disable-shared -12: LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf -13: -14: $(eval $(autotools-package)) +06: +07: LIBFOO_VERSION = 1.0 +08: LIBFOO_SOURCE = libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz +09: LIBFOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download +10: LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES +11: LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET = NO +12: LIBFOO_CONF_OPT = --disable-shared +13: LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf +14: +15: $(eval $(autotools-package)) ------------------------ -On line 6, we declare the version of the package. +On line 7, we declare the version of the package. -On line 7 and 8, we declare the name of the tarball and the location +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 tarball from this location. -On line 9, we tell Buildroot to install the package to the staging +On line 10, we tell Buildroot to install the package to the staging directory. The staging directory, located in +output/staging/+ is the directory where all the packages are installed, including their development files, etc. By default, packages are not installed to the @@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ 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 not install the package to the +On line 11, 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. For purely static libraries, it is not necessary to install them in the target directory because they will @@ -53,14 +54,14 @@ 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 +On line 12, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure option, that will be passed to the +./configure+ script before configuring and building the package. -On line 12, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built +On line 13, we declare our dependencies, so that they are built before the build process of our package starts. -Finally, on line line 14, we invoke the +autotools-package+ +Finally, on line line 15, we invoke the +autotools-package+ macro that generates all the Makefile rules that actually allows the package to be built. |