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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/legal-notice.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/website/download.html | 40 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/website/news.html | 68 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/website/support.html | 5 |
6 files changed, 99 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt b/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt index 0572daee3..7c19bc30a 100644 --- a/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt +++ b/docs/manual/legal-notice.txt @@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ There you will find: +host-sources/+ subdirectories for target and host packages respectively. The source code for packages that set +<PKG>_REDISTRIBUTE = NO+ will not be saved. - Patches applied to some packages by Buildroot are distributed with the - Buildroot sources and are not duplicated in the +sources/+ and +host-sources/+ - subdirectories. + Patches that were applied are also saved, along with a file named +series+ + that lists the patches in the order they were applied. Patches are under the + same license as the files that they modify. + Note: Buildroot applies additional patches to Libtool scripts of + autotools-based packages. These patches can be found under + +support/libtool+ in the Buildroot source and, due to technical + limitations, are not saved with the package sources. You may need to + collect them manually. * A manifest file (one for host and one for target packages) listing the configured packages, their version, license and related information. Some of this information might not be defined in Buildroot; such items are diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 5a1fe4f46..e1df8b003 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ details. * If a +series+ file exists in the package directory, then patches are applied according to the +series+ file; + -* Otherwise, patch files matching +<packagename>-*.patch+ - are applied in alphabetical order. +* Otherwise, patch files matching +*.patch+ are applied in alphabetical + order. So, to ensure they are applied in the right order, it is highly recommended to name the patch files like this: - +<packagename>-<number>-<description>.patch+, where +<number>+ - refers to the 'apply order'. + +<number>-<description>.patch+, where +<number>+ refers to the + 'apply order'. . If +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ is defined, the directories will be enumerated in the order they are specified. The patches are applied diff --git a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt index a075416ba..e167849cd 100644 --- a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt +++ b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ it, configure, compile and install the software component found inside this tarball. The source code is extracted in +output/build/<package>-<version>+, which is a temporary directory: whenever +make clean+ is used, this directory is entirely removed, and -re-recreated at the next +make+ invocation. Even when a Git or +re-created at the next +make+ invocation. Even when a Git or Subversion repository is used as the input for the package source code, Buildroot creates a tarball out of it, and then behaves as it normally does with tarballs. diff --git a/docs/website/download.html b/docs/website/download.html index 647e8ef5c..6380d9a93 100644 --- a/docs/website/download.html +++ b/docs/website/download.html @@ -8,74 +8,74 @@ <div class="panel-heading">Download</div> <div class="panel-body"> - <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest stable release: <b>2016.05</b></h3> + <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest stable release: <b>2016.08</b></h3> <div class="row mt centered"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');"> <div class="flipper"> <div class="front"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> <div class="back"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> </div> </div> - <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.gz">buildroot-2016.05.tar.gz</a></h3> - <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p> + <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.gz">buildroot-2016.08.tar.gz</a></h3> + <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');"> <div class="flipper"> <div class="front"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> <div class="back"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> </div> </div> - <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.bz2">buildroot-2016.05.tar.bz2</a></h3> - <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.05.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p> + <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.bz2">buildroot-2016.08.tar.bz2</a></h3> + <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p> </div> </div> - - <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2016.08-rc1</b></h3> +<!-- + <h3 style="text-align: center;">Latest release candidate: <b>2016.08-rc3</b></h3> <div class="row mt centered"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');"> <div class="flipper"> <div class="front"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> <div class="back"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.gz"><img src="images/zip.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> </div> </div> - <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.gz">buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.gz</a></h3> - <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p> + <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.gz">buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.gz</a></h3> + <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.gz.sign">PGP signature</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div class="flip-container center-block" ontouchstart="this.classList.toggle('hover');"> <div class="flipper"> <div class="front"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> <div class="back"> - <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.bz2"><img src="images/package.png" width="180" alt=""></a> </div> </div> </div> - <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.bz2">buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.bz2</a></h3> - <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc1.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p> + <h3><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.bz2">buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.bz2</a></h3> + <p><a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.bz2.sign">PGP signature</a></p> </div> </div> - +--> This and earlier releases (and their PGP signatures) can always be downloaded from <a href="/downloads/">http://buildroot.net/downloads/</a>. </div> diff --git a/docs/website/news.html b/docs/website/news.html index d33b3c915..84040c63e 100644 --- a/docs/website/news.html +++ b/docs/website/news.html @@ -9,18 +9,82 @@ <h2>News</h2> <ul class="timeline"> + <li class="timeline-inverted"> + <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div> + <div class="timeline-panel"> + <div class="timeline-heading"> + <h4 class="timeline-title">2016.08 released</h4> + <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>1 September 2016</small></p> + </div> + <div class="timeline-body"> + <p>The stable 2016.08 release is out - Thanks to everyone + contributing and testing the release candidates. See the + <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2016.08">CHANGES</a> + file for more details, read the + <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2016-September/171172.html">announcement<a> + and go to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08.tar.bz2">2016.08 release</a>.</p> + </div> + </div> + </li> + + <li> + <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div> + <div class="timeline-panel"> + <div class="timeline-heading"> + <h4 class="timeline-title">2016.08-rc3 released</h4> + <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>30 August 2016</small></p> + </div> + <div class="timeline-body"> + <p>Release candidate 3 is out with more cleanups and security + / build fixes. See + the <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2016.08-rc3">CHANGES</a> + file for details.</p> + <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to + pick up + the <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc3.tar.bz2">2016.08-rc3 + release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to + the <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> + or <a href="https://bugs.uclibc.org">bug tracker</a>.</p> + </div> + </div> + </li> + + <li class="timeline-inverted"> + <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div> + <div class="timeline-panel"> + <div class="timeline-heading"> + <h4 class="timeline-title">2016.08-rc2 released</h4> + <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>17 August 2016</small></p> + </div> + <div class="timeline-body"> + <p>Another week, another release candidate with more cleanups + and build fixes. See + the <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2016.08-rc2">CHANGES</a> + file for details.</p> + + <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the + <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2016.08-rc2.tar.bz2">2016.08-rc2 + release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to + the <a href="support.html">mailing list</a> + or <a href="https://bugs.uclibc.org">bug tracker</a>.</p> + </div> + </div> + </li> + <li> <div class="timeline-badge"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-thumbs-up"></i></div> <div class="timeline-panel"> <div class="timeline-heading"> <h4 class="timeline-title">2016.08-rc1 released</h4> - <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>10 May 2016</small></p> + <p><small class="text-muted"><i class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></i>6 August 2016</small></p> </div> <div class="timeline-body"> <p>We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the <a href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2016.08-rc1">CHANGES</a> - file for details. + file for details and read the + <a href="http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2016-August/169277.html">announcement</a> </p> <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the diff --git a/docs/website/support.html b/docs/website/support.html index 2f16efe0a..92ee03b02 100644 --- a/docs/website/support.html +++ b/docs/website/support.html @@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ Only subscribers to the Buildroot mailing list are allowed to post to this list.</p> - <p>The list is also available - through <a href="http://gmane.org">Gmane</a> - at <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.uclibc.buildroot">gmane.comp.lib.uclibc.buildroot</a>. - </p> - <h4>Search the List Archives</h4> <p>Please search the mailing list archives before asking questions on the mailing list, since there is a good chance someone else has asked the same question |