[Buildroot] [PATCH next v8 6/6] docs/manual: document the effect of per-package directory on variables
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Tue Nov 5 16:46:45 UTC 2019
As suggested by Arnout Vandecappelle, this commit adjusts the
generic-package documentation to document the effect of per-package
directory support on HOST_DIR, STAGING_DIR and TARGET_DIR.
Suggested-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index b2386f2c01..86300e7460 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -586,6 +586,13 @@ In the action definitions, you can use the following variables:
* +$(TARGET_CROSS)+ to get the cross-compilation toolchain prefix
* Of course the +$(HOST_DIR)+, +$(STAGING_DIR)+ and +$(TARGET_DIR)+
- variables to install the packages properly.
+ variables to install the packages properly. Those variables point to
+ the global _host_, _staging_ and _target_ directories, unless
+ _per-package directory_ support is used, in which case they point to
+ the current package _host_, _staging_ and _target_ directories. In
+ both cases, it doesn't make any difference from the package point of
+ view: it should simply use +HOST_DIR+, +STAGING_DIR+ and
+ +TARGET_DIR+. See xref:top-level-parallel-build[] for more details
+ about _per-package directory_ support.
Finally, you can also use hooks. See xref:hooks[] for more information.
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2.21.0
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