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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt | 44 |
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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt index d3731a2e5..3656a530d 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gentargets.txt @@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : * +LIBFOO_VERSION+, mandatory, must contain the version of the package. Note that if +HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION+ doesn't exist, it is assumed to be the same as +LIBFOO_VERSION+. It can also be a - Subversion or Git branch or tag, for packages that are fetched + revision number, branch or tag for packages that are fetched directly from their revision control system. + - Example: +LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2+ + Examples: + + +LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2+ + + +LIBFOO_VERSION = cb9d6aa9429e838f0e54faa3d455bcbab5eef057+ + + +LIBFOO_VERSION = stable+ * +LIBFOO_SOURCE+ may contain the name of the tarball of the package. If +HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE+ is not specified, it @@ -154,28 +157,37 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : after extraction. * +LIBFOO_SITE+ may contain the Internet location of the package. It - can either be the HTTP or FTP location of a tarball, or the URL of a - Git or Subversion repository (see +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below). If - +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE+ is not specified, it defaults to + can either be the HTTP, FTP or SCP location of a tarball, or the URL + of a Git, Subversion, Mercurial or Bazaar repository (see + +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below). + + SCP URLs should be of the form +scp://[user@]host:filepath+. Note + that filepath is relative to the user's home directory, so you may want + to prepend the path with a slash for absolute paths: + +scp://[user@]host:/absolutepath+. + + If +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE+ is not specified, it defaults to +LIBFOO_SITE+. If none are specified, then the location is assumed to be +http://$$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/packagename+. + - Examples: +LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo+ + - +LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor/+ + Examples: + + +LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo+ + + +LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor/+ + + +LIBFOO_SITE=git://github.com/kergoth/tslib.git+ * +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ may contain the method to fetch the package source code. It can either be +wget+ (for normal FTP/HTTP downloads - of tarballs), +svn+, +git+ or +bzr+. When not specified, it is - guessed from the URL given in +LIBFOO_SITE+: +svn://+, +git://+ and - +bzr://+ URLs will use the +svn+, +git+ and +bzr+ methods + of tarballs), +scp+ (for downloads over SSH with scp), +svn+, +git+, + +hg+ or +bzr+. When not specified, it is guessed from the URL given + in +LIBFOO_SITE+: +scp://+, +svn://+, +git://+ and + +bzr://+ URLs will use the +scp+, +svn+, +git+ and +bzr+ methods respectively. All other URL-types will use the +wget+ method. So for example, in the case of a package whose source code is available - through Subversion repository on HTTP, one 'must' specifiy - +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=svn+. For +svn+ and +git+ methods, what - Buildroot does is a checkout/clone of the repository which is then - tarballed and stored into the download cache. Next builds will not - checkout/clone again, but will use the tarball directly. When - +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ is not specified, it defaults to the value + through a Subversion repository on HTTP, one 'must' specifiy + +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=svn+. Similarly, for Mercurial repositories, one + 'must' specify +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=hg+. For +svn+, +git+, +hg+ and + +bzr+ methods, what Buildroot does is a checkout/clone of the repository + which is then tarballed and stored into the download cache. Next + builds will not checkout/clone again, but will use the tarball directly. + When +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ is not specified, it defaults to the value of +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+. See +package/multimedia/tremor/+ for an example. |