[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 2/2] Add FAQ entry how to properly add package from github.

[Yann E. MORIN]

Marek, All,

On Monday 17 September 2012 22:46:41 Marek Belisko wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko at open-nandra.com>

Acked-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>

> ---
>  docs/manual/faq.txt |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt
> index 575d019..d2ffb07 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/faq.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/faq.txt
> @@ -36,3 +36,26 @@ then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar) distribution, and
>  you should install the +glibc-static+ package. This is because the
>  +module-init-tools+ build process wants to link statically against the
>  C library.
> +
> +How to add package from github
> +------------------------------
> +
> +If the package has no release version, or its version cannot be
> +identified using tag, then the sha1 of the particular commit should be
> +used to identify the version (the first 7 characters of the sha1 are
> +enough):
> +
> +------------------------
> +FOO_VERSION = 1234567
> +FOO_SOURCE = <user>-<package>-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
> +FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/<branch>
> +------------------------
> +
> +If the package version matches a tag, then this tag should be used to
> +identify the version:
> +
> +------------------------
> +FOO_VERSION = v1.0
> +FOO_SOURCE = <user>-<package>-$(FOO_VERSION).tar.gz
> +FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION)
> +------------------------
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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