From patchwork Mon Oct 8 11:07:39 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Stephan Hoffmann X-Patchwork-Id: 189990 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (fraxinus.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E9D72C0281 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 22:07:52 +1100 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B67A1016B0; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id q0T6C3Bn+mcX; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7EF910155C; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: buildroot@lists.busybox.net Delivered-To: buildroot@osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (whitealder.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC2AE8F74A for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255C589ABB for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ybb5caSFZrv2 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.186]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A779C899BA for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from stephan-desktop (p549A71F9.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.113.249]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MLkAx-1TKtw70gxH-000oAI; Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:07:40 +0200 Received: by stephan-desktop (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3BB9E500CD5; Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:07:39 +0200 (CEST) From: Stephan Hoffmann To: buildroot@busybox.net Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 13:07:39 +0200 Message-Id: <1349694459-2325-1-git-send-email-sho@relinux.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.0.4 X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:XFwzFnWl2ZhUlSyNMzuoZPL4+rjlRjKXCENyntg3VMF /xyrx/ZG8d24Vty8KPWImFWQ4S0GwA7FcpXSlgVkUWYrS/ZofP DtwGD+6EYm/z6vl6G+amVQWFzY25RY0e2zHl73UPc7bIjDmkoZ 2i5884+9X1UdUQJGI75QevbFdL2sI91m1isItCdr02VWM/aW4V fcBbHKKFXwSeg6xhkzg//PFhdSDGqiqud/95HwzUPZZVvAn8V9 AHxb7ahvHIxtcuQMcrqmjL0ZXGnWAxcJhYudemWHRX8EFt71Fy PZaqY46rCcNpAbcwapR6d8DvQt2ucqup5ZJY+aiJwxJ4voA6D9 UVsat2GPtw3TtL1Gxa2dVRS1tN+uFHrfr1fO3U2+ZyaZ66iYQR Ve8txvrjrR+CQ== Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] Manual: added FAQ entry about source override X-BeenThere: buildroot@busybox.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Sender: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Signed-off-by: Stephan Hoffmann --- Thanks to Will Moore for corrrections and suggestions docs/manual/faq.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt index 575d019..2948bd7 100644 --- a/docs/manual/faq.txt +++ b/docs/manual/faq.txt @@ -1,6 +1,19 @@ Frequently Asked Questions ========================== +How can I use sources from my local PC instead of the official tarball? +----------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Just use the "Source Directory Override" mechanism. + +You have to add a file local.mk to your project. This file should +contain the following definition: + +_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR = wherever.your.source.lives + +Then announce this file to buildroot in the "Build options" menu as +"location of a package override file". + The boot hangs after 'Starting network...' ------------------------------------------