[Buildroot] svn commit: trunk/buildroot: docs
ulf at uclibc.org
ulf at uclibc.org
Sun Aug 19 23:32:34 UTC 2007
Author: ulf
Date: 2007-08-19 16:32:33 -0700 (Sun, 19 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 19584
Log:
Add support for BUILDROOT_DL_DIR environment variable, overriding DL_DIR
Modified:
trunk/buildroot/Makefile
trunk/buildroot/docs/buildroot.html
Changeset:
Modified: trunk/buildroot/Makefile
===================================================================
--- trunk/buildroot/Makefile 2007-08-19 23:16:47 UTC (rev 19583)
+++ trunk/buildroot/Makefile 2007-08-19 23:32:33 UTC (rev 19584)
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
ifeq ($(filter $(noconfig_targets),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
-include $(TOPDIR).config
endif
+ifneq ($(BUILDROOT_DL_DIR),)
+BR2_DL_DIR:=$(BUILDROOT_DL_DIR)
+endif
# To put more focus on warnings, be less verbose as default
# Use 'make V=1' to see the full commands
Modified: trunk/buildroot/docs/buildroot.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/buildroot/docs/buildroot.html 2007-08-19 23:16:47 UTC (rev 19583)
+++ trunk/buildroot/docs/buildroot.html 2007-08-19 23:32:33 UTC (rev 19584)
@@ -779,6 +779,28 @@
toolchain and the target filesystem with exactly the same
versions. </p>
+ <p>If you maintain several buildroot trees, it might be better to have
+ a shared download location. This can be accessed by creating a symbolic link
+ from the <code>dl</code> directory to the shared download location. </p>
+
+ <p>I.E:</p>
+
+<pre>
+ln -s <shared download location> dl
+</pre>
+
+ <p>Another way of accessing a shared download location is to
+ create the <code>BUILDROOT_DL_DIR</code> environment variable.
+ If this is set, then the value of DL_DIR in the project is
+ overridden. The following line should be added to
+ <code>"~/.bashrc"</code>. <p>
+
+<pre>
+export BUILDROOT_DL_DIR <shared download location>
+</pre>
+
+
+
<h2><a name="add_software" id="add_software"></a>Extending Buildroot with
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