Loading docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt +8 −16 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -43,23 +43,15 @@ Packages on github often don't have a download area with release tarballs. However, it is possible to download tarballs directly from the repository on github. If the package version matches a tag, then this tag should be used to identify the version: ------------------------ FOO_VERSION = v1.0 FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) ------------------------ If the package has no release version, or its version cannot be identified using tag, then the SHA1 of the particular commit should be used to identify the version (the first 7 characters of the SHA1 are enough): ------------------------ FOO_VERSION = 1234567 FOO_VERSION = v1.0 # tag or (abbreviated) commit ID FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) ------------------------ Note that the name of the tarball is the default +foo-1234567.tar.gz+ .Notes - The FOO_VERSION can either be a tag or a commit ID. - The tarball name generated by github matches the default one from Buildroot (e.g.: +foo-1234567.tar.gz+), so it is not necessary to specify it in the +.mk+ file. - When using a commit ID as version, usually the first 7 characters of the SHA1 are enough. Loading
docs/manual/adding-packages-tips.txt +8 −16 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -43,23 +43,15 @@ Packages on github often don't have a download area with release tarballs. However, it is possible to download tarballs directly from the repository on github. If the package version matches a tag, then this tag should be used to identify the version: ------------------------ FOO_VERSION = v1.0 FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) ------------------------ If the package has no release version, or its version cannot be identified using tag, then the SHA1 of the particular commit should be used to identify the version (the first 7 characters of the SHA1 are enough): ------------------------ FOO_VERSION = 1234567 FOO_VERSION = v1.0 # tag or (abbreviated) commit ID FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) ------------------------ Note that the name of the tarball is the default +foo-1234567.tar.gz+ .Notes - The FOO_VERSION can either be a tag or a commit ID. - The tarball name generated by github matches the default one from Buildroot (e.g.: +foo-1234567.tar.gz+), so it is not necessary to specify it in the +.mk+ file. - When using a commit ID as version, usually the first 7 characters of the SHA1 are enough.