Commit 162290e1 authored by Yann E. MORIN's avatar Yann E. MORIN Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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docs/manual/br2-external: use proper .Note sections 



Signed-off-by: default avatar"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
parent 188025e6

docs/manual/customize-outside-br.txt

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@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ there is no need to pass +BR2_EXTERNAL+ at every +make+ invocation. It 
can however be changed at any time by passing a new value, and can be

removed by passing an empty value.



*Note:* the +BR2_EXTERNAL+ path can be either an absolute or a relative path,

.Note

The +BR2_EXTERNAL+ path can be either an absolute or a relative path,

but if it's passed as a relative path, it is important to note that it

is interpreted relative to the main Buildroot source directory, *not*

to the Buildroot output directory.
@@ -75,7 +76,10 @@ buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL= xconfig 
   logic. Buildroot automatically includes +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/Config.in+ to

   make it appear in the top-level configuration menu, and includes

   +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/external.mk+ with the rest of the makefile logic.

   Providing those two files is mandatory, but they can be empty.

+

.Note

Providing +Config.in+ and +external.mk+ is mandatory, but they can be

   empty.

+

The main usage of this is to store package recipes. The recommended

   way to do this is to write a +$(BR2_EXTERNAL)/Config.in+ file that