[Buildroot] [PATCH 06/21 v2] docs/manual: do not override BR2_EXTERNAL

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Yann E. MORIN,

On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 22:34:01 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Currently, we forcibly override BR2_EXTERNAL when building the manual,
> so as to avoid referring to packages therein from the manual.
> 
> However, when generating the lists of packages, we limit ourselves to
> scanning for packages in (Buildroot's) TOPDIR and never search in
> BR2_EXTERNAL. So, we do not really need to override BR2_EXTERNAL when
> generating the manual to achieve the same result.
> 
> Furthermore, we're only looking for packages that are defined in the
> sub-menu "Target packages", and never anywhere else, and especially not
> in the sub-menu "User-provided options".
> 
> Finally, we're soon to completely eliminate use of BR2_EXTERNAL in
> Kconfig altogether, so that would no longer have any impact anyway.
> 
> So, just leave BR2_EXTERNAL alone when generating the manual.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> 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>
> Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  docs/manual/manual.mk | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

Thomas
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