[Buildroot] [PATCH 4/4] docs/manual: document the new variable FOO_UPSTREAM_SOURCE

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Sun Nov 16 22:13:55 UTC 2014


Baruch, All,

On 2014-11-16 08:19 +0200, Baruch Siach spake thusly:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 05:19:29PM +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> > Cc: Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinlian at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> > Cc: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at uclibc.org>
> > Cc: Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
> > ---
> >  docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
> > index 67a7453..5295681 100644
> > --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
> > +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
> > @@ -211,6 +211,17 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
> >    +libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz+. +
> >    Example: +LIBFOO_SOURCE = foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2+
> >  
> > +* +LIBFOO_UPSTREAM_SOURCE+ may contain the name of the tarball as
> > +  known by upstream. If +HOST_LIBFOO_UPSTREAM_SOURCE+ is not specified,
> > +  it defaults to +LIBFOO_UPSTREAM_SOURCE+. If none is specified, then
> > +  the value is assumed to be the same as +LIBFOO_SOURCE+.
> > +
> > +.Note
> > ++LIBFOO_SOURCE+ is the filename we want to save the tarball as, while
> > ++LIBFOO_UPSTREAM_SOURCE+ is the name by which upstream names that
> > +tarball. The two are usually the same, except in very rare cases, so you
> > +normally should not have to set +LIBFOO_UPSTREAM_SOURCE+.
> 
> I think it is worth clarifying which name the .hash file should refer in this 
> case. I guess this is LIBFOO_SOURCE, isn't it?.

Nice catch, indeed! :-)

Yes, this should be referencing the local tarball filename. I'll add
this to the manual.

Thank! :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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