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-rw-r--r--docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt16
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt14
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 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 $(autotools-package))
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ other libraries or applications depending on them. Also by default, when
staging installation is enabled, packages are installed in this location
using the +make install+ command.
-On line 10, we tell Buildroot to also install the package to the
+On line 10, we tell Buildroot to not install the package to the
target directory. This directory contains what will become the root
-filesystem running on the target. Usually, we try not to install header
-files and to install stripped versions of the binary. By default, target
-installation is enabled, so in fact, this line is not strictly
-necessary. Also by default, packages are installed in this location
-using the +make install+ command.
+filesystem running on the target. For purely static libraries, it is
+not necessary to install them in the target directory because they will
+not be used at runtime. By default, target installation is enabled; setting
+this variable to NO is almost never needed. Also by default, packages are
+installed in this location using the +make install+ command.
On line 11, we tell Buildroot to pass a custom configure option, that
will be passed to the +./configure+ script before configuring
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt
index 4a9e893f2..bb1705bfd 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ with an example :
07: LIBFOO_SOURCE = libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz
08: LIBFOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
09: LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-10: LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
+10: LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
11: LIBFOO_CONF_OPT = -DBUILD_DEMOS=ON
12: LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf
13:
@@ -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 custom options to CMake when it is
configuring the package.