// -*- mode:doc; -*-
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
-Infrastructure for packages with specific build systems
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+=== Infrastructure for packages with specific build systems
By 'packages with specific build systems' we mean all the packages
whose build system is not one of the standard ones, such as
[[generic-package-tutorial]]
-+generic-package+ Tutorial
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+==== +generic-package+ tutorial
------------------------------
-01: #############################################################
+01: ################################################################################
02: #
03: # libfoo
04: #
-05: #############################################################
-06: LIBFOO_VERSION = 1.0
-07: LIBFOO_SOURCE = libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz
-08: LIBFOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
-09: LIBFOO_LICENSE = GPLv3+
-10: LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-11: LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-12: LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES = host-libaaa libbbb
-13:
-14: define LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS
-15: $(MAKE) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" LD="$(TARGET_LD)" -C $(@D) all
-16: endef
-17:
-18: define LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
-19: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libfoo.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libfoo.a
-20: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/foo.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/foo.h
-21: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libfoo.so* $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
-22: endef
-23:
-24: define LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-25: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libfoo.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
-26: $(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/foo.d
-27: endef
-28:
-29: define LIBFOO_DEVICES
-30: /dev/foo c 666 0 0 42 0 - - -
-31: endef
-32:
-33: define LIBFOO_PERMISSIONS
-34: /bin/foo f 4755 0 0 - - - - -
-35: endef
-36:
-37: $(eval $(generic-package))
+05: ################################################################################
+06:
+07: LIBFOO_VERSION = 1.0
+08: LIBFOO_SOURCE = libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz
+09: LIBFOO_SITE = http://www.foosoftware.org/download
+10: LIBFOO_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
+11: LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+12: LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+13: LIBFOO_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = libfoo-config
+14: LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES = host-libaaa libbbb
+15:
+16: define LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS
+17: $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) all
+18: endef
+19:
+20: define LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
+21: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libfoo.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libfoo.a
+22: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/foo.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/foo.h
+23: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libfoo.so* $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
+24: endef
+25:
+26: define LIBFOO_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+27: $(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libfoo.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
+28: $(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/foo.d
+29: endef
+30:
+31: define LIBFOO_USERS
+32: foo -1 libfoo -1 * - - - LibFoo daemon
+33: endef
+34:
+35: define LIBFOO_DEVICES
+36: /dev/foo c 666 0 0 42 0 - - -
+37: endef
+38:
+39: define LIBFOO_PERMISSIONS
+40: /bin/foo f 4755 foo libfoo - - - - -
+41: endef
+42:
+43: $(eval $(generic-package))
--------------------------------
-The Makefile begins on line 6 to 10 with metadata information: the
+The Makefile begins on line 7 to 11 with metadata information: the
version of the package (+LIBFOO_VERSION+), the name of the
-tarball containing the package (+LIBFOO_SOURCE+) the
-Internet location at which the tarball can be downloaded from
+tarball containing the package (+LIBFOO_SOURCE+) (xz-ed tarball recommended)
+the Internet location at which the tarball can be downloaded from
(+LIBFOO_SITE+), the license (+LIBFOO_LICENSE+) and file with the
license text (+LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES+). All variables must start with
the same prefix, +LIBFOO_+ in this case. This prefix is always the
uppercased version of the package name (see below to understand where
the package name is defined).
-On line 11, we specify that this package wants to install something to
+On line 12, we specify that this package wants to install something to
the staging space. This is often needed for libraries, since they must
install header files and other development files in the staging space.
This will ensure that the commands listed in the
+LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS+ variable will be executed.
-On line 12, we specify the list of dependencies this package relies
+On line 13, we specify that there is some fixing to be done to some
+of the 'libfoo-config' files that were installed during
++LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS+ phase.
+These *-config files are executable shell script files that are
+located in '$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin' directory and are executed
+by other 3rd party packages to find out the location and the linking
+flags of this particular package.
+
+The problem is that all these *-config files by default give wrong,
+host system linking flags that are unsuitable for cross-compiling.
+
+For example: '-I/usr/include' instead of '-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include'
+or: '-L/usr/lib' instead of '-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib'
+
+So some sed magic is done to these scripts to make them give correct
+flags.
+The argument to be given to +LIBFOO_CONFIG_SCRIPTS+ is the file name(s)
+of the shell script(s) needing fixing. All these names are relative to
+'$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin' and if needed multiple names can be given.
+
+In addition, the scripts listed in +LIBFOO_CONFIG_SCRIPTS+ are removed
+from +$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin+, since they are not needed on the target.
+
+.Config script: 'divine' package
+================================
+Package divine installs shell script '$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/divine-config'.
+
+So its fixup would be:
+
+--------------------------------
+DIVINE_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = divine-config
+--------------------------------
+================================
+
+.Config script: 'imagemagick' package:
+================================
+Package imagemagick installs the following scripts:
+'$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/{Magick,Magick++,MagickCore,MagickWand,Wand}-config'
+
+So it's fixup would be:
+
+--------------------------------
+IMAGEMAGICK_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = \
+ Magick-config Magick++-config \
+ MagickCore-config MagickWand-config Wand-config
+--------------------------------
+================================
+
+On line 14, we specify the list of dependencies this package relies
on. These dependencies are listed in terms of lower-case package names,
which can be packages for the target (without the +host-+
prefix) or packages for the host (with the +host-+) prefix).
Buildroot will ensure that all these packages are built and installed
'before' the current package starts its configuration.
-The rest of the Makefile, lines 14..27, defines what should be done
+The rest of the Makefile, lines 16..29, defines what should be done
at the different steps of the package configuration, compilation and
installation.
+LIBFOO_BUILD_CMDS+ tells what steps should be performed to
contains the directory where the source code of the package has been
extracted.
-On line 29..31, we define a device-node file used by this package
+On lines 31..43, we define a user that is used by this package (e.g.
+to run a daemon as non-root) (+LIBFOO_USERS+).
+
+On line 35..37, we define a device-node file used by this package
(+LIBFOO_DEVICES+).
-On line 33..35, we define the permissions to set to specific files
+On line 39..41, we define the permissions to set to specific files
installed by this package (+LIBFOO_PERMISSIONS+).
-Finally, on line 37, we call the +generic-package+ function, which
+Finally, on line 43, we call the +generic-package+ function, which
generates, according to the variables defined previously, all the
Makefile code necessary to make your package working.
[[generic-package-reference]]
-+generic-package+ Reference
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+==== +generic-package+ reference
There are two variants of the generic target. The +generic-package+ macro is
-used for packages to be cross-compiled for the target. The
+used for packages to be cross-compiled for the target. The
+host-generic-package+ macro is used for host packages, natively compiled
-for the host. It is possible to call both of them in a single +.mk+
+for the host. It is possible to call both of them in a single +.mk+
file: once to create the rules to generate a target
package and once to create the rules to generate a host package:
variables of other packages, if they depend on +libfoo+ or
+host-libfoo+.
-The call to the +generic-package+ and/or +host-generic-package+ macro *must* be
-at the end of the +.mk+ file, after all variable definitions.
+The call to the +generic-package+ and/or +host-generic-package+ macro
+*must* be at the end of the +.mk+ file, after all variable definitions.
+The call to +host-generic-package+ *must* be after the call to
++generic-package+, if any.
For the target package, the +generic-package+ uses the variables defined by
the .mk file and prefixed by the uppercased package name:
* +LIBFOO_VERSION+, mandatory, must contain the version of the
package. Note that if +HOST_LIBFOO_VERSION+ doesn't exist, it is
assumed to be the same as +LIBFOO_VERSION+. It can also be a
- revision number, branch or tag for packages that are fetched
- directly from their revision control system. +
- Examples: +
- +LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2+ +
- +LIBFOO_VERSION = cb9d6aa9429e838f0e54faa3d455bcbab5eef057+ +
- +LIBFOO_VERSION = stable+
-
-* +LIBFOO_SOURCE+ may contain the name of the tarball of
- the package. If +HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE+ is not specified, it
- defaults to +LIBFOO_SOURCE+. If none are specified, then
- the value is assumed to be
- +packagename-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz+. +
+ revision number or a tag for packages that are fetched directly
+ from their version control system. Do not use a branch name as
+ version; it does not work. Examples:
+ ** a version for a release tarball: +LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2+
+ ** a sha1 for a git tree: +LIBFOO_VERSION = cb9d6aa9429e838f0e54faa3d455bcbab5eef057+
+ ** a tag for a git tree +LIBFOO_VERSION = v0.1.2+
+
+* +LIBFOO_SOURCE+ may contain the name of the tarball of the package,
+ which Buildroot will use to download the tarball from
+ +LIBFOO_SITE+. If +HOST_LIBFOO_SOURCE+ is not specified, it defaults
+ to +LIBFOO_SOURCE+. If none are specified, then the value is assumed
+ to be +libfoo-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.gz+. +
Example: +LIBFOO_SOURCE = foobar-$(LIBFOO_VERSION).tar.bz2+
* +LIBFOO_PATCH+ may contain a space-separated list of patch file
- names, that will be downloaded from the same location as the tarball
- indicated in +LIBFOO_SOURCE+, and then applied to the package source
- code. If +HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH+ is not specified, it defaults to
- +LIBFOO_PATCH+. Note that patches that are included in Buildroot
+ names, that Buildroot will download and apply to the package source
+ code. If an entry contains +://+, then Buildroot will assume it is a
+ full URL and download the patch from this location. Otherwise,
+ Buildroot will assume that the patch should be downloaded from
+ +LIBFOO_SITE+. If +HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH+ is not specified, it defaults
+ to +LIBFOO_PATCH+. Note that patches that are included in Buildroot
itself use a different mechanism: all files of the form
- +<packagename>-*.patch+ present in the package directory inside
+ +*.patch+ present in the package directory inside
Buildroot will be applied to the package after extraction (see
xref:patch-policy[patching a package]). Finally, patches listed in
the +LIBFOO_PATCH+ variable are applied _before_ the patches stored
* +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. A filesystem path may be used
+ from source code management systems. There is a helper function to make
+ it easier to download source tarballs from GitHub (refer to
+ xref:github-download-url[] for details). A filesystem path may be used
to specify either a tarball or a directory containing the package
source code. See +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below for more details on how
retrieval works. +
+LIBFOO_SITE+.
Examples: +
+LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo+ +
- +LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor/+ +
- +LIBFOO_SITE=git://github.com/kergoth/tslib.git+ +
+ +LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=/opt/software/libfoo.tar.gz+ +
- +LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo/+
+ +LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo+
+
+* +LIBFOO_DL_OPTS+ is a space-separated list of additional options to
+ pass to the downloader. Useful for retrieving documents with
+ server-side checking for user logins and passwords, or to use a proxy.
+ All download methods valid for +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ are supported;
+ valid options depend on the download method (consult the man page
+ for the respective download utilities).
+
+* +LIBFOO_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS+ is a space-separated list of additional
+ files that Buildroot should download. If an entry contains +://+
+ then Buildroot will assume it is a complete URL and will download
+ the file using this URL. Otherwise, Buildroot will assume the file
+ to be downloaded is located at +LIBFOO_SITE+. Buildroot will not do
+ anything with those additional files, except download them: it will
+ be up to the package recipe to use them from +$(LIBFOO_DL_DIR)+.
* +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ determines the method used to fetch or copy the
package source code. In many cases, Buildroot guesses the method
is unnecessary. When +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ is not specified, it
defaults to the value of +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+. +
The possible values of +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ are:
- ** +wget+ for normal FTP/HTTP downloads of tarballs. Used by
+ ** +wget+ for normal FTP/HTTP downloads of tarballs. Used by
default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +http://+, +https://+ or
+ftp://+.
- ** +scp+ for downloads of tarballs over SSH with scp. Used by
+ ** +scp+ for downloads of tarballs over SSH with scp. Used by
default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +scp://+.
** +svn+ for retrieving source code from a Subversion repository.
- Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +svn://+. When a
+ Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +svn://+. When a
+http://+ Subversion repository URL is specified in
+LIBFOO_SITE+, one 'must' specify +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=svn+.
Buildroot performs a checkout which is preserved as a tarball in
the download cache; subsequent builds use the tarball instead of
performing another checkout.
- ** +git+ for retrieving source code from a Git repository. Used by
+ ** +cvs+ for retrieving source code from a CVS repository.
+ Used by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +cvs://+.
+ The downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method.
+ Anonymous pserver mode is assumed otherwise explicitly defined
+ on +LIBFOO_SITE+. Both
+ +LIBFOO_SITE=cvs://libfoo.net:/cvsroot/libfoo+ and
+ +LIBFOO_SITE=cvs://:ext:libfoo.net:/cvsroot/libfoo+
+ are accepted, on the former anonymous pserver access mode is
+ assumed.
+ +LIBFOO_SITE+ 'must' contain the source URL as well as the remote
+ repository directory. The module is the package name.
+ +LIBFOO_VERSION+ is 'mandatory' and 'must' be a tag, a branch, or
+ a date (e.g. "2014-10-20", "2014-10-20 13:45", "2014-10-20
+ 13:45+01" see "man cvs" for further details).
+ ** +git+ for retrieving source code from a Git repository. Used by
default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +git://+. The downloaded
source code is cached as with the +svn+
method.
** +bzr+ for retrieving source code from a Bazaar repository. Used
by default when +LIBFOO_SITE+ begins with +bzr://+. The
downloaded source code is cached as with the +svn+ method.
- ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when
+ ** +file+ for a local tarball. One should use this when
+LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a package tarball as a local filename.
Useful for software that isn't available publicly or in version
control.
- ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this
+ ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this
when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing
- the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
- source directory into the package's build directory.
+ the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
+ source directory into the package's build directory. Note that
+ for +local+ packages, no patches are applied. If you need to
+ still patch the source code, use +LIBFOO_POST_RSYNC_HOOKS+, see
+ xref:hooks-rsync[].
+
+* +LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES+ can be set to +YES+ to create an archive
+ with the git submodules in the repository. This is only available
+ for packages downloaded with git (i.e. when
+ +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=git+). Note that we try not to use such git
+ submodules when they contain bundled libraries, in which case we
+ prefer to use those libraries from their own package.
+
+* +LIBFOO_STRIP_COMPONENTS+ is the number of leading components
+ (directories) that tar must strip from file names on extraction.
+ The tarball for most packages has one leading component named
+ "<pkg-name>-<pkg-version>", thus Buildroot passes
+ --strip-components=1 to tar to remove it.
+ For non-standard packages that don't have this component, or
+ that have more than one leading component to strip, set this
+ variable with the value to be passed to tar. Default: 1.
+
+* +LIBFOO_EXCLUDES+ is a space-separated list of patterns to exclude
+ when extracting the archive. Each item from that list is passed as
+ a tar's +--exclude+ option. By default, empty.
* +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package
name) that are required for the current target package to
a similar way, +HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for
the current host package.
+* +LIBFOO_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of
+ package name) that are required for the current target package to be
+ extracted. These dependencies are guaranteed to be compiled and
+ installed before the extract step of the current package
+ starts. This is only used internally by the package infrastructure,
+ and should typically not be used directly by packages.
+
+* +LIBFOO_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of
+ package name) that are required for the current package to be
+ patched. These dependencies are guaranteed to be extracted and
+ patched before the current package is patched. In a similar way,
+ +HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for the
+ current host package.
+ This is seldom used; usually, +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ is what you
+ really want to use.
+
+* +LIBFOO_PROVIDES+ lists all the virtual packages +libfoo+ is an
+ implementation of. See xref:virtual-package-tutorial[].
+
* +LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING+ can be set to +YES+ or +NO+ (default). If
set to +YES+, then the commands in the +LIBFOO_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS+
variables are executed to install the package into the staging
variables are executed to install the package into the target
directory.
+* +LIBFOO_INSTALL_IMAGES+ can be set to +YES+ or +NO+ (default). If
+ set to +YES+, then the commands in the +LIBFOO_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS+
+ variable are executed to install the package into the images
+ directory.
+
+* +LIBFOO_CONFIG_SCRIPTS+ lists the names of the files in
+ '$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin' that need some special fixing to make them
+ cross-compiling friendly. Multiple file names separated by space can
+ be given and all are relative to '$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin'. The files
+ listed in +LIBFOO_CONFIG_SCRIPTS+ are also removed from
+ +$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin+ since they are not needed on the target.
+
* +LIBFOO_DEVICES+ lists the device files to be created by Buildroot
when using the static device table. The syntax to use is the
makedevs one. You can find some documentation for this syntax in the
You can find some documentation for this syntax in the xref:makedev-syntax[].
This variable is optional.
+* +LIBFOO_USERS+ lists the users to create for this package, if it installs
+ a program you want to run as a specific user (e.g. as a daemon, or as a
+ cron-job). The syntax is similar in spirit to the makedevs one, and is
+ described in the xref:makeuser-syntax[]. This variable is optional.
+
* +LIBFOO_LICENSE+ defines the license (or licenses) under which the package
is released.
This name will appear in the manifest file produced by +make legal-info+.
- If the license appears in xref:legal-info-list-licenses[the following list],
- use the same string to make the manifest file uniform.
+ If the license appears in https://spdx.org/licenses/[the SPDX License List],
+ use the SPDX short identifier to make the manifest file uniform.
Otherwise, describe the license in a precise and concise way, avoiding
ambiguous names such as +BSD+ which actually name a family of licenses.
This variable is optional. If it is not defined, +unknown+ will appear in
- the +license+ field of the manifest file for this package.
+ the +license+ field of the manifest file for this package. +
+ The expected format for this variable must comply with the following rules:
+ ** If different parts of the package are released under different
+ licenses, then +comma+ separate licenses (e.g. +`LIBFOO_LICENSE =
+ GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+`+). If there is clear distinction between which
+ component is licensed under what license, then annotate the license
+ with that component, between parenthesis (e.g. +`LIBFOO_LICENSE =
+ GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+ (libraries)`+).
+ ** If the package is dual licensed, then separate licenses with the
+ +or+ keyword (e.g. +`LIBFOO_LICENSE = AFL-2.1 or GPL-2.0+`+).
* +LIBFOO_LICENSE_FILES+ is a space-separated list of files in the package
tarball that contain the license(s) under which the package is released.
to let you know, and +not saved+ will appear in the +license files+ field
of the manifest file for this package.
+* +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL+ only applies to packages whose
+ +LIBFOO_SITE+ / +LIBTOO_SOURCE+ pair points to an archive that does
+ not actually contain source code, but binary code. This a very
+ uncommon case, only known to apply to external toolchains which come
+ already compiled, although theoretically it might apply to other
+ packages. In such cases a separate tarball is usually available with
+ the actual source code. Set +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL+ to the
+ name of the actual source code archive and Buildroot will download
+ it and use it when you run +make legal-info+ to collect
+ legally-relevant material. Note this file will not be downloaded
+ during regular builds nor by +make source+.
+
+* +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE+ provides the location of the actual
+ source tarball. The default value is +LIBFOO_SITE+, so you don't
+ need to set this variable if the binary and source archives are
+ hosted on the same directory. If +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_TARBALL+ is
+ not set, it doesn't make sense to define
+ +LIBFOO_ACTUAL_SOURCE_SITE+.
+
* +LIBFOO_REDISTRIBUTE+ can be set to +YES+ (default) or +NO+ to indicate if
the package source code is allowed to be redistributed. Set it to +NO+ for
non-opensource packages: Buildroot will not save the source code for this
package when collecting the +legal-info+.
+* +LIBFOO_FLAT_STACKSIZE+ defines the stack size of an application built into
+ the FLAT binary format. The application stack size on the NOMMU architecture
+ processors can't be enlarged at run time. The default stack size for the
+ FLAT binary format is only 4k bytes. If the application consumes more stack,
+ append the required number here.
+
+* +LIBFOO_BIN_ARCH_EXCLUDE+ is a space-separated list of paths (relative
+ to the target directory) to ignore when checking that the package
+ installs correctly cross-compiled binaries. You seldom need to set this
+ variable, unless the package installs binary blobs outside the default
+ locations, `/lib/firmware`, `/usr/lib/firmware`, `/lib/modules`,
+ `/usr/lib/modules`, and `/usr/share`, which are automatically excluded.
+
The recommended way to define these variables is to use the following
syntax:
Now, the variables that define what should be performed at the
different steps of the build process.
+* +LIBFOO_EXTRACT_CMDS+ lists the actions to be performed to extract
+ the package. This is generally not needed as tarballs are
+ automatically handled by Buildroot. However, if the package uses a
+ non-standard archive format, such as a ZIP or RAR file, or has a
+ tarball with a non-standard organization, this variable allows to
+ override the package infrastructure default behavior.
+
* +LIBFOO_CONFIGURE_CMDS+ lists the actions to be performed to
configure the package before its compilation.
should be installed, since they might be needed to compile other
packages.
-* +LIBFOO_CLEAN_CMDS+, lists the actions to perform to clean up
- the build directory of the package.
-
-* +LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS+ lists the actions to
- uninstall the package from the target directory +$(TARGET_DIR)+
-
-* +LIBFOO_UNINSTALL_STAGING_CMDS+ lists the actions to
- uninstall the package from the staging directory +$(STAGING_DIR)+.
+* +LIBFOO_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS+ lists the actions to be performed to
+ install the package to the images directory, when the package is a
+ target package. The package must install its files to the directory
+ given by +$(BINARIES_DIR)+. Only files that are binary images (aka
+ images) that do not belong in the +TARGET_DIR+ but are necessary
+ for booting the board should be placed here. For example, a package
+ should utilize this step if it has binaries which would be similar
+ to the kernel image, bootloader or root filesystem images.
* +LIBFOO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV+ and +LIBFOO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD+ list the
actions to install init scripts either for the systemV-like init systems
systemd is selected as the init system in the configuration, only
+LIBFOO_INSTALL_INIT_SYSTEMD+ will be run).
+* +LIBFOO_HELP_CMDS+ lists the actions to print the package help, which
+ is included to the main +make help+ output. These commands can print
+ anything in any format.
+ This is seldom used, as packages rarely have custom rules. *Do not use
+ this variable*, unless you really know that you need to print help.
+
The preferred way to define these variables is:
----------------------
In the action definitions, you can use the following variables:
+* +$(LIBFOO_PKGDIR)+ contains the path to the directory containing the
+ +libfoo.mk+ and +Config.in+ files. This variable is useful when it is
+ necessary to install a file bundled in Buildroot, like a runtime
+ configuration file, a splashscreen image...
+
* +$(@D)+, which contains the directory in which the package source
code has been uncompressed.
+* +$(LIBFOO_DL_DIR)+ contains the path to the directory where all the downloads
+ made by Buildroot for +libfoo+ are stored in.
+
* +$(TARGET_CC)+, +$(TARGET_LD)+, etc. to get the target
cross-compilation utilities
* Of course the +$(HOST_DIR)+, +$(STAGING_DIR)+ and +$(TARGET_DIR)+
variables to install the packages properly.
-The last feature of the generic infrastructure is the ability to add
-hooks. These define further actions to perform after existing steps.
-Most hooks aren't really useful for generic packages, since the +.mk+
-file already has full control over the actions performed in each step
-of the package construction. The hooks are more useful for packages
-using the autotools infrastructure described below. However, since
-they are provided by the generic infrastructure, they are documented
-here. The exception is +LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS+. Patching the
-package and producing legal info are not user definable, so
-+LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS+ and +LIBFOO_POST_LEGAL_INFO_HOOKS+ are
-useful for generic packages.
-
-The following hook points are available:
-
-* +LIBFOO_POST_DOWNLOAD_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_PRE_PATCH_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_POST_BUILD_HOOKS+
-* +LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS+ (for host packages only)
-* +LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS+ (for target packages only)
-* +LIBFOO_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS+ (for target packages only)
-* +LIBFOO_POST_LEGAL_INFO_HOOKS+
-
-These variables are 'lists' of variable names containing actions to be
-performed at this hook point. This allows several hooks to be
-registered at a given hook point. Here is an example:
-
-----------------------
-define LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
- action1
- action2
-endef
-
-LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
-----------------------
+Finally, you can also use hooks. See xref:hooks[] for more information.
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