[Buildroot] [PATCHv3 for-2012.11 5/5] manual: restructure 'Adding packages' chapter
Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)
arnout at mind.be
Tue Nov 27 21:59:20 UTC 2012
From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" <arnout at mind.be>
The depends-on-vs-select part of the manual really deserves its own
section title (especially because it is referred to and the xref gets
a 'sinpara' in PDF if the section doesn't have a title). So restructure
the surrounding sections to reduce the section nesting depth.
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt
index 5903ed1..5d17aac 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ Some packages have been grouped by topic in a sub-directory:
one of these categories, then create your package directory in these.
New subdirectories are discouraged, however.
+Config.in+ file
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then, create a file named +Config.in+. This file will contain the
option descriptions related to our +libfoo+ software that will be used
and displayed in the configuration tool. It should basically contain:
@@ -49,10 +49,13 @@ supposed to contain anything but the 'bare' name of the package.
--------------------------
source "package/libfoo/Config.in"
--------------------------
[[depends-on-vs-select]]
+Choosing +depends on+ or +select+
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
The +Config.in+ file of your package must also ensure that
dependencies are enabled. Typically, Buildroot uses the following
rules:
* Use a +select+ type of dependency for dependencies on
@@ -162,11 +165,11 @@ package.
Further formatting details: see xref:writing-rules-config-in[the
coding style].
The +.mk+ file
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Finally, here's the hardest part. Create a file named +libfoo.mk+. It
describes how the package should be downloaded, configured, built,
installed, etc.
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1.7.10.4
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