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From: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Modified the documentation on customizing a rootfs to be less ambiguous
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:16:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52F90963.4060801@mind.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1391980244-8855-1-git-send-email-jeffball59@gmail.com>

On 02/09/14 22:10, jeffball59 at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Jeff Stewart <jeffball59@gmail.com>
> 
> While reading the documentation I was a little confused over the recommended
> method for customizing the target file system.  After sorting it out in the
> IRC channel, I modified the documentation to be a little less ambiguous.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Stewart <jeffball59@gmail.com>
> ---
>  docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt |    6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt
> index 2cbae99..c23b1af 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ there are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem.
>    over the target filesystem after it has been built.  Set
>    +BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY+ to the top of the tree.  +.git+, +.svn+, +.hg+
>    directories, +.empty+ files and files ending with +~+ are excluded.
> -  _Among these first 3 methods, this one should be preferred_.
> +  _Among the customization methods, this one should be preferred_.
>  
>  * In the Buildroot configuration, you can specify the paths to one or
>    more *post-build scripts*. These scripts are called in the given order,
> @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ there are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem.
>    installation. Note that this method is *not recommended*, as it
>    duplicates the entire skeleton, which prevents from taking advantage
>    of the fixes or improvements brought to the default Buildroot
> -  skeleton. The recommended method is to use the _post-build scripts_
> -  mechanism described in the previous item.
> +  skeleton. The _post-build scripts_ mechanism described in the previous

 Actually it's the ROOTFS_OVERLAY that should be recommended.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> +  item is recommend over this mechanism.
>  
>  Note also that you can use the *post-image scripts*
>  if you want to perform some specific actions 'after' all
> 


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2014-02-09 21:10 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] Modified the documentation on customizing a rootfs to be less ambiguous jeffball59 at gmail.com
2014-02-10 17:16 ` Arnout Vandecappelle [this message]

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