[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/3] Add support for BR2_EXTERNAL

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Thu Sep 12 21:57:04 UTC 2013


On 12/09/13 23:51, Ryan Barnett wrote:
>  > > In order to utilize the BR2_EXTERNAL feature I must have BR2_EXTERNAL
>  > > either exported into my environment or be called as
>  >
>  >   The Makefile exports it in the environment of the Kconfig targets. So
>  > once it is in the .config, it will stay there. Try it and you'll see :-)
>
> I have looked as I'm experiment with this and it definitely isn't there :)
> Also according to the documentation you need to define it every time :)
>

  Ah, yes indeed, sorry about that - I was trying to be too smart.

  To save it in the .config, it needs a prompt, and to be able to take it 
from the environment it needs a helper variable. Like BR2_DEFCONFIG.


  Regards,
  Arnout

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