@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
* +LIBFOO_SITE+ provides the location of the package, which can be a
URL or a local filesystem path. HTTP, FTP and SCP are supported URL
- types for retrieving package tarballs. Git, Subversion, Mercurial,
+ types for retrieving package tarballs. In these cases don't include a
+ trailing slash: it will be added by Buildroot between the directory
+ and the filename as appropriate. Git, Subversion, Mercurial,
and Bazaar are supported URL types for retrieving packages directly
from source code management systems. There is a helper function to make
it easier to download source tarballs from GitHub (refer to
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
+LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=/opt/software/libfoo.tar.gz+ +
- +LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo/+
+ +LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo+
* +LIBFOO_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS+ is a space-separated list of additional
files that Buildroot should download. If an entry contains +://+
This has been the best practice since a long time, but it was not clearly stated in the manual. Now it is mandatory, so mention it explicitly. Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> --- Changed v2 -> v3: - Improve commit message. --- docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)