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authorRomain Perier <romain.perier@free-electrons.com>2016-08-23 14:19:46 +0200
committerThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>2016-08-23 14:59:01 +0200
commit03f12377178e209f599f00b3fafb33dfa649abc7 (patch)
tree99ca10e962526b55e2f84be9132d62c26ab994a7 /docs
parent91b34e0abc99b7346f71bbc99283ff7ffac34799 (diff)
docs/manual: Document the variable $(PKG)_DL_OPTS
This adds a description of the optional variable $(PKG)_DL_OPTS. When it is set, this option passes additional options to the downloader. Signed-off-by: Romain Perier <romain.perier@free-electrons.com> Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
index ef895ec91..51408e869 100644
--- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt
@@ -250,6 +250,13 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
+LIBFOO_SITE=/opt/software/libfoo.tar.gz+ +
+LIBFOO_SITE=$(TOPDIR)/../src/libfoo+
+* +LIBFOO_DL_OPTS+ is a space-separated list of additional options to
+ pass to the downloader. Useful for retrieving documents with
+ server-side checking for user logins and passwords, or to use a proxy.
+ All download methods valid for +LIBFOO_SITE_METHOD+ are supported;
+ valid options depend on the download method (consult the man page
+ for the respective download utilities).
+
* +LIBFOO_EXTRA_DOWNLOADS+ is a space-separated list of additional
files that Buildroot should download. If an entry contains +://+
then Buildroot will assume it is a complete URL and will download