manual: update download helper information

Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de.schampheleire@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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Thomas De Schampheleire 2012-02-06 21:41:08 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
* +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
Subversion or Git branch or tag, for packages that are fetched
revision number, branch or tag for packages that are fetched
directly from their revision control system. +
Example: +LIBFOO_VERSION = 0.1.2+
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
@ -154,28 +157,37 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
after extraction.
* +LIBFOO_SITE+ may contain the Internet location of the package. It
can either be the HTTP or FTP location of a tarball, or the URL of a
Git or Subversion repository (see +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below). If
+HOST_LIBFOO_SITE+ is not specified, it defaults to
can either be the HTTP, FTP or SCP location of a tarball, or the URL
of a Git, Subversion, Mercurial or Bazaar repository (see
+LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ below). +
SCP URLs should be of the form +scp://[user@]host:filepath+. Note
that filepath is relative to the user's home directory, so you may want
to prepend the path with a slash for absolute paths:
+scp://[user@]host:/absolutepath+. +
If +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE+ is not specified, it defaults to
+LIBFOO_SITE+. If none are specified, then the location is assumed
to be
+http://$$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/packagename+. +
Examples: +LIBFOO_SITE=http://www.libfoosoftware.org/libfoo+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/Tremor/+
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_METHOD+ may contain the method to fetch the package
source code. It can either be +wget+ (for normal FTP/HTTP downloads
of tarballs), +svn+, +git+ or +bzr+. When not specified, it is
guessed from the URL given in +LIBFOO_SITE+: +svn://+, +git://+ and
+bzr://+ URLs will use the +svn+, +git+ and +bzr+ methods
of tarballs), +scp+ (for downloads over SSH with scp), +svn+, +git+,
+hg+ or +bzr+. When not specified, it is guessed from the URL given
in +LIBFOO_SITE+: +scp://+, +svn://+, +git://+ and
+bzr://+ URLs will use the +scp+, +svn+, +git+ and +bzr+ methods
respectively. All other URL-types will use the +wget+ method. So for
example, in the case of a package whose source code is available
through Subversion repository on HTTP, one 'must' specifiy
+LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=svn+. For +svn+ and +git+ methods, what
Buildroot does is a checkout/clone of the repository which is then
tarballed and stored into the download cache. Next builds will not
checkout/clone again, but will use the tarball directly. When
+HOST_LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ is not specified, it defaults to the value
through a Subversion repository on HTTP, one 'must' specifiy
+LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=svn+. Similarly, for Mercurial repositories, one
'must' specify +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD=hg+. For +svn+, +git+, +hg+ and
+bzr+ methods, what Buildroot does is a checkout/clone of the repository
which is then tarballed and stored into the download cache. Next
builds will not checkout/clone again, but will use the tarball directly.
When +HOST_LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ is not specified, it defaults to the value
of +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+. See +package/multimedia/tremor/+ for an
example.