New: Docs: Is external.desc required?

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=11481

Bug ID: 11481
Summary: Docs: Is external.desc required?
Product: buildroot
Version: 2018.08.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P5
Component: Other
Assignee: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
Reporter: imphil at philipp-wagner.com
CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
Target Milestone: ---

I have a minor docs comment.

https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#customize

In the user guide, section "9.1. Recommended directory structure" the directory tree shows two files for a br2 external tree:

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+-- Config.in (if using a br2-external tree)
+-- external.mk (if using a br2-external tree)

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The documentation further down suggests that three files are needed:

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9.2.1. Layout of a br2-external tree

A br2-external tree must contain at least those three files, described in the following chapters:

external.desc
external.mk
Config.in
=====

Most likely the external.desc file is missing from the top section?

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Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]> --- Philipp, All,

Indeed, external.desc is missiing from section 9.1.

Can you send a patch to fix that, to the list, please?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> changed:

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED

--- Comment #2 from Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> --- Fixed by
https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=a6479d6058b75533dd68081d90cec0dbfe652ca4.
Thanks!

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