From patchwork Mon Oct 8 11:07:39 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Manual: added FAQ entry about source override Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:07:39 -0000 From: Stephan Hoffmann X-Patchwork-Id: 189990 Message-Id: <1349694459-2325-1-git-send-email-sho@relinux.de> To: buildroot@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...' ------------------------------------------