docs: describe "file" and "local" methods in LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD

Based on description by Thomas Petazzoni at:
http://free-electrons.com/blog/buildroot-2011-11/

Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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Nathan Lynch 2012-06-17 11:54:01 +00:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
** +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
+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
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.
* +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of package
name) that are required for the current target package to