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From: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:21:23 +0100
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 18/18] docs/manual: document how to debug
 shell script
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On 03/09/16 23:58, Samuel Martin wrote:
> The method describes here is only true for scripts using the shell
> modules from support/scripts/shell/*.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
>
> ---
> changes v6->v7:
> - new patch
> ---
>   docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt b/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
> index f575fc4..c497284 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/debugging-buildroot.txt
> @@ -41,3 +41,18 @@ The script has access to the following variables:
>     - +BINARIES_DIR+: the place where all binary files (aka images) are
>       stored
>     - +BASE_DIR+: the base output directory
> +
> +=== Debugging shell scripts in Buildroot

  If you introduce a subsection, then everything that comes before it should 
also be moved to a subsection. E.g.

[[debugging-buildroot]]

== Debugging Buildroot

=== Running scripts before and after each build step

It is possible to instrument the steps +Buildroot+ does when building


> +
> +For shell scripts using the _shell modules_ (available in
> ++support/scripts/shell/+), there is a couple of environment variables
                                     ^^ are

  but actually, there is only one...

  Regards,
  Arnout

> +you can set to trace the scripts
> +
> +  - +SHELL_DEBUG+ adjustes the debug level, from 0 to 3 (only errors to
> +    all debug messages)
> +
> +To enable these debug outputs:
> +
> +----
> +SHELL_DEBUG=3 make
> +----
>


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