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authorwbx <wbx@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>2005-03-23 11:04:47 +0000
committerwbx <wbx@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>2005-03-23 11:04:47 +0000
commit97ce6e0144841427e0428437d25899bed3e39813 (patch)
tree24b40400a30f6bb5f1d85da2cf366cd6f449ffb3 /docs
parentd95a7f3c8fd9f5fea4869c518f8a5edc7d387469 (diff)
update document with new PKG_MD5SUM
git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/openwrt@425 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73
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diff --git a/docs/buildroot-documentation.html b/docs/buildroot-documentation.html
index 91becd885..9856c32a2 100644
--- a/docs/buildroot-documentation.html
+++ b/docs/buildroot-documentation.html
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@
is your architecture). This is where the cross compilation toolchain will
be compiled.</li>
- <li>Setup the staging directory (<code>build_ARCH/staging_dir/</code> by
+ <li>Setup the staging directory (<code>staging_dir_ARCH/</code> by
default). This is where the cross-compilation toolchain will be
installed. If you want to use the same cross-compilation toolchain for
other purposes, such as compiling third-party applications, you can add
- <code>build_ARCH/staging_dir/bin</code> to your PATH, and then use
+ <code>staging_dir_ARCH/bin</code> to your PATH, and then use
<code>arch-linux-gcc</code> to compile your application. In order to
setup this staging directory, it first removes it, and then it creates
various subdirectories and symlinks inside it.</li>
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@
use the toolchain that was generated by the Buildroot.</p>
<p>The toolchain generated by the Buildroot by default is located in
- <code>build_ARCH/staging_dir/</code>. The simplest way to use it
- is to add <code>build_ARCH/staging_dir/bin/</code> to your PATH
+ <code>staging_dir_ARCH</code>. The simplest way to use it
+ is to add <code>staging_dir_ARCH/bin/</code> to your PATH
environment variable, and then to use
<code>arch-linux-gcc</code>, <code>arch-linux-objdump</code>,
<code>arch-linux-ld</code>, etc.</p>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
<code>~/buildroot/</code>) :</p>
<pre>
-export PATH=$PATH:~/buildroot/build_mipsel/staging_dir/bin/
+export PATH=$PATH:~/buildroot/staging_dir_mipsel/bin/
</pre>
<p>Then you can simply do :</p>
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ mipsel-linux-uclibc-gcc -o foo foo.c
uClibc toolchain outside of buildroot</h2>
<p>By default, the cross-compilation toolchain is generated inside
- <code>build_ARCH/staging_dir/</code>. But sometimes, it may be useful to
+ <code>staging_dir_ARCH/</code>. But sometimes, it may be useful to
install it somewhere else, so that it can be used to compile other programs
- or by other users. Moving the <code>build_ARCH/staging_dir/</code>
+ or by other users. Moving the <code>staging_dir_ARCH/</code>
directory elsewhere is <b>not possible</b>, because they are some hardcoded
paths in the toolchain configuration.</p>
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ mipsel-linux-uclibc-gcc -o foo foo.c
you can configure Buildroot to generate it elsewhere using the
option of the configuration tool : <code>Build options -&gt;
Toolchain and header file location</code>, which defaults to
- <code>$(BUILD_DIR)/staging_dir/</code>.</p>
+ <code>staging_dir_ARCH/</code>.</p>
<h2><a name="downloaded_packages"
id="downloaded_packages"></a>Location of downloaded packages</h2>
@@ -427,56 +427,57 @@ foo-compile: bar-compile
afterwards.</p>
<pre>
- 1 #############################################################
- 2 # foo
- 3 #############################################################
- 4 PKG_NAME:=foo
- 5 PKG_VERSION:=1.0
- 6 PKG_RELEASE:=1
- 7 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
- 8 PKG_SITE:=http://www.foosoftware.org/downloads
- 9 PKG_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
- 10 PKG_IPK:=$(PACKAGE_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)_$(ARCH).ipk
- 11 PKG_IPK_DIR:=$(PKG_DIR)/ipkg
- 12
- 13 $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE):
- 14 $(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(PKG_SITE)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
- 15
- 16 $(PKG_DIR)/.source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
- 17 zcat $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
- 18 touch $(PKG_DIR)/.source
- 19
- 20 $(PKG_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_DIR)/.source
- 21 (cd $(PKG_DIR); \
- 22 $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
- 23 CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
- 24 ./configure \
- 25 --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
- 26 --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
- 27 --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
- 28 --prefix=/usr \
- 29 --sysconfdir=/etc \
- 30 );
- 31 touch $(PKG_DIR)/.configured;
- 32
- 33 $(PKG_DIR)/foo $(PKG_DIR)/.configured
- 34 $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(PKG_DIR)
- 35
- 36 $(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_DIR)/$(PKG_BINARY)
- 37 $(SCRIPT_DIR)/make-ipkg-dir.sh $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PKG_NAME).control $(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE) $(ARCH)
- 38 $(MAKE) prefix=$(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr -C $(PKG_DIR) install
- 39 rm -Rf $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/man
- 40 $(IPKG_BUILD) $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
- 41
- 42 $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/$(PKG_NAME).list: $(PKG_IPK)
- 43 $(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
- 44
- 45 prepare: $(PKG_DIR)/.source
- 46 compile: $(PKG_IPK)
- 47 install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/$(PKG_NAME).list
- 48 clean:
- 49 rm -rf $(PKG_DIR)
- 50 rm -f $(PKG_IPK)
+ 1 # $Id$
+ 2
+ 3 PKG_NAME:=foo
+ 4 PKG_VERSION:=1.0
+ 5 PKG_RELEASE:=1
+ 6 PKG_MD5SUM:=4584f226523776a3cdd2fb6f8212ba8d
+ 7
+ 8 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+ 9 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.foosoftware.org/downloads
+ 10 PKG_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+ 11 PKG_IPK:=$(PACKAGE_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)_$(ARCH).ipk
+ 12 PKG_IPK_DIR:=$(PKG_DIR)/ipkg
+ 13
+ 14 $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE):
+ 15 $(SCRIPT_DIR)/download.pl $(DL_DIR) $(PKG_SOURCE) $(PKG_MD5SUM) $(PKG_SOURCE_URL)
+ 16
+ 17 $(PKG_DIR)/.source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+ 18 zcat $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+ 19 touch $(PKG_DIR)/.source
+ 20
+ 21 $(PKG_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_DIR)/.source
+ 22 (cd $(PKG_DIR); \
+ 23 $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+ 24 CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+ 25 ./configure \
+ 26 --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+ 27 --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+ 28 --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+ 29 --prefix=/usr \
+ 30 --sysconfdir=/etc \
+ 31 );
+ 32 touch $(PKG_DIR)/.configured;
+ 33
+ 34 $(PKG_DIR)/foo $(PKG_DIR)/.configured
+ 35 $(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(PKG_DIR)
+ 36
+ 37 $(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_DIR)/$(PKG_BINARY)
+ 38 $(SCRIPT_DIR)/make-ipkg-dir.sh $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PKG_NAME).control $(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE) $(ARCH)
+ 39 $(MAKE) prefix=$(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr -C $(PKG_DIR) install
+ 40 rm -Rf $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/man
+ 41 $(IPKG_BUILD) $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+ 42
+ 43 $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/$(PKG_NAME).list: $(PKG_IPK)
+ 44 $(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
+ 45
+ 46 prepare: $(PKG_DIR)/.source
+ 47 compile: $(PKG_IPK)
+ 48 install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/$(PKG_NAME).list
+ 49 clean:
+ 50 rm -rf $(PKG_DIR)
+ 51 rm -f $(PKG_IPK)
</pre>
<p>First of all, this <i>Makefile</i> example works for a single
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ foo-compile: bar-compile
the other <code>Makefile</code> files in the <code>package</code>
directory.</p>
- <p>At lines 4-11, a couple of useful variables are defined :</p>
+ <p>At lines 3-12, a couple of useful variables are defined :</p>
<ul>
<li><code>PKG_NAME</code> : The package name, e.g. <i>foo</i>.</li>
@@ -496,12 +497,14 @@ foo-compile: bar-compile
<li><code>PKG_RELEASE</code> : The release number that will be
appended to the version number of your <i>ipkg</i> package.
+ <li><code>PKG_MD5SUM</code> : The md5sum of the software archive.
+
<li><code>PKG_SOURCE</code> : The name of the tarball of
your package on the download website of FTP site. As you can see
<code>PKG_NAME</code> and <code>PKG_VERSION</code> are used.</li>
- <li><code>PKG_SITE</code> : The HTTP or FTP site from which
- the archive is downloaded. It must include the complete
+ <li><code>PKG_SOURCE_URL</code> : Space separated list of the HTTP
+ or FTP sites from which the archive is downloaded. It must include the complete
path to the directory where <code>FOO_SOURCE</code> can be
found.</li>
@@ -514,21 +517,21 @@ foo-compile: bar-compile
</ul>
- <p>Lines 13-14 defines a target that downloads the tarball from
+ <p>Lines 14-15 defines a target that downloads the tarball from
the remote site to the download directory
(<code>DL_DIR</code>).</p>
- <p>Lines 16-18 defines a target and associated rules that
+ <p>Lines 17-19 defines a target and associated rules that
uncompress the downloaded tarball. As you can see, this target
depends on the tarball file, so that the previous target (line
- 13-14) is called before executing the rules of the current
+ 14-15) is called before executing the rules of the current
target. Uncompressing is followed by <i>touching</i> a hidden file
to mark the software has having been uncompressed. This trick is
used everywhere in Buildroot <i>Makefile</i> to split steps
(download, uncompress, configure, compile, install) while still
having correct dependencies.</p>
- <p>Lines 20-31 defines a target and associated rules that
+ <p>Lines 21-32 defines a target and associated rules that
configures the software. It depends on the previous target (the
hidden <code>.source</code> file) so that we are sure the software has
been uncompressed. In order to configure it, it basically runs the
@@ -540,14 +543,14 @@ foo-compile: bar-compile
filesystem. Finally it creates a <code>.configured</code> file to
mark the software as configured.</p>
- <p>Lines 33-34 defines a target and a rule that compiles the
+ <p>Lines 34-35 defines a target and a rule that compiles the
software. This target will create the binary file in the
compilation directory, and depends on the software being already
configured (hence the reference to the <code>.configured</code>
file). It basically runs <code>make</code> inside the source
directory.</p>
- <p>Lines 36-40 defines a target and associated rules that create
+ <p>Lines 37-41 defines a target and associated rules that create
the <i>ipkg</i> package which can optionally be embedded into
the resulting firmware image. It depends on the binary file in
the source directory, to make sure the software has been compiled.
@@ -563,10 +566,10 @@ foo-compile: bar-compile
removed to save space.
Finally <code>IPKG_BUILD</code> is called to create the package.</p>
- <p>Line 42 and 43 define the installation target of your package,
+ <p>Line 43 and 44 define the installation target of your package,
which will embed the software into the target filesystem.</p>
- <p>Lines 45-50 define the main targets that the Makefile in the
+ <p>Lines 46-51 define the main targets that the Makefile in the
<code>package</code> dir calls.
<ul>
<li><code>prepare</code> : Download and unpack the source</li>