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diff --git a/docs/build.tex b/docs/build.tex index cc7f5fd2c..9dfce5937 100644 --- a/docs/build.tex +++ b/docs/build.tex @@ -384,6 +384,59 @@ After you have created your \texttt{package/\textit{<name>}/Makefile}, the new p will automatically show in the menu the next time you run "make menuconfig" and if selected will be built automatically the next time "\texttt{make}" is run. +\subsection{Creating binary packages} + +You might want to create binary packages and include them in the resulting images as packages. +To do so, you can use the following template, which basically sets to nothing the Configure and +Compile templates. + +\begin{Verbatim}[frame=single,numbers=left] +# $Id: $ + +include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk + +PKG_NAME:=binpkg +PKG_VERSION:=1.0 +PKG_RELEASE:=1 + +PKG_SOURCE:=binpkg-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz +PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://server +PKG_MD5SUM:=9b7dc52656f5cbec846a7ba3299f73bd +PKG_CAT:=zcat + +include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk + +define Package/binpkg + SECTION:=net + CATEGORY:=Network + TITLE:=Binary package +endef + +define Package/bridge/description + Binary package +endef + +define Build/Configure +endef + +define Build/Compile +endef + +define Package/bridge/install + $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin + $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/* $(1)/usr/sbin/ +endef + +$(eval $(call BuildPackage,bridge)) +\end{Verbatim} + +Provided that the tarball which contains the binaries reflects the final +directory layout (/usr, /lib ...), it becomes very easy to get your package +look like one build from sources. + +Note that using the same technique, you can easily create binary pcakages +for your proprietary kernel modules as well. + \subsection{Creating kernel modules packages} The OpenWrt distribution makes the distinction between two kind of kernel modules, those coming along with the mainline kernel, and the others available as a separate project. We will see later that a common template is used for both of them. |