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manual: add expected order of 'depends on'

PATCH New Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) 2 participants 2 messages Oct 7, 2018 – Oct 8, 2018

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PATCH 1/1 manual: add expected order of 'depends on'

As discussed in [1], our guideline for the ordering of 'depends on' lines is not written down. Fix that.

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-October/232413.html

Signed-off-by Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <[email protected]>
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 docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt +5 -3
index f5e1e313d5..9f85ac63e6 100644
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ is as follows:
 
 1. The type of option: +bool+, +string+... with the prompt
 2. If needed, the +default+ value(s)
-3. Any dependency of the +depends on+ form
-4. Any dependency of the +select+ form
-5. The help keyword and help text.
+3. Any dependencies on the target in +depends on+ form
+4. Any dependencies on the toolchain in +depends on+ form
+5. Any dependencies on other packages in +depends on+ form
+6. Any dependency of the +select+ form
+7. The help keyword and help text.
 
 You can add other sub-options into a +if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFOO...endif+
 statement to configure particular things in your software. You can look at
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PATCH 1/1 manual: add expected order of 'depends on'

Hello,

Quoted 9 lines · Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)

As discussed in [1], our guideline for the ordering of 'depends on' lines is not written down. Fix that.

[1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-October/232413.html

Signed-off-by Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <[email protected]>
---
 docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Applied to master, thanks.

Thomas

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