Commit 45762023 authored by Gustavo Zacarias's avatar Gustavo Zacarias Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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docs/manual: add CVS support documentation 



Signed-off-by: default avatarGustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt

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     Buildroot performs a checkout which is preserved as a tarball in

     the download cache; subsequent builds use the tarball instead of

     performing another checkout.

  ** +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.

     Only anonymous pserver mode is supported.

     +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 timestamp.

  ** +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+

docs/manual/prerequisite.txt

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In the official tree, most of the package sources are retrieved

using +wget+; a few are only available through their +git+, +mercurial+,

or +svn+ repository.

+svn+ or +cvs+ repository.

+

All other source fetching methods are implemented and may be used in a

development context (further details: refer to xref:download-infra[]).