[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Grant Edwards]

This sounds a bit stupid, but where do you find a description
of what a given package is?

I've got a list of packages supported by buildroot.

How do I know what, for example, the package named "lite" is?

Googling for the name has proven pointless...

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Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow! But was he mature
                                  at               enough last night at the
                               visi.com            lesbian masquerade?

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[H Hartley Sweeten]

On Friday, November 06, 2009 10:35 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> This sounds a bit stupid, but where do you find a description
> of what a given package is?
> 
> I've got a list of packages supported by buildroot.
> 
> How do I know what, for example, the package named "lite" is?
> 
> Googling for the name has proven pointless...

Look at the help for the package...

"lite" says it's a "LiTE (toolbox engine)"

config BR2_PACKAGE_LITE
	bool "LiTE (toolbox engine)"
	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
	help
	   LiTE stands for LiTE is a Toolbox Engine. 
	   Its role is to facilitate the functions of DirectFB so that a
	   toolbox could be written on top of DirectFB with less effort.
	   As such LiTE has abstractions for the underlying graphics and
	   event systems.

	   See http://www.directfb.org/wiki/index.php/LiTE:Architecture

Regards,
Hartley

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-11-06, H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@visionengravers.com> wrote:
> On Friday, November 06, 2009 10:35 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> This sounds a bit stupid, but where do you find a description
>> of what a given package is?
>> 
>> I've got a list of packages supported by buildroot.
>> 
>> How do I know what, for example, the package named "lite" is?
>> 
>> Googling for the name has proven pointless...
>
> Look at the help for the package...

And the help for a package is located...

[drumroll]

in the Config.in file that's in each of the package directories.

For my "lite" example, it's package/lite/Config.in

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                                  at               Is she at home enjoying
                               visi.com            capitalism?

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Thiago A. Corrêa]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And the help for a package is located...
>

From Kconfig (ie, inside the interface from "make menuconfig") there
is a Help button accessible with the arrow keys in your keyboard.
"Clicking" that help button will show you the text from the help
section of the Config.in

Kind Regards,
    Thiago A. Correa

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-11-06, Thiago A  Corr?a <thiago.correa@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> And the help for a package is located...
>
> From Kconfig (ie, inside the interface from "make menuconfig")
> there is a Help button accessible with the arrow keys in your
> keyboard. "Clicking" that help button will show you the text
> from the help section of the Config.in

Thanks.  I don't have buildroot installed anywhere at the
moment, so I'm just browsing the GIT source tree to come up
with a list of available web servers.  The list stands at

  boa
  busybox
  lighttpd
  thttpd
  tinyhttpd

The ones with httpd in the name were obvious enough.  There
were quite a few packages with names I didn't recognize, and
that's where the "help" was needed.  :)
  
-- 
Grant Edwards                   grante             Yow! World War Three can
                                  at               be averted by adherence
                               visi.com            to a strictly enforced
                                                   dress code!

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> writes:

 Grant> On 2009-11-06, Thiago A  Corr?a <thiago.correa@gmail.com> wrote:
 >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
 >>> 
 >>> And the help for a package is located...
 >> 
 >> From Kconfig (ie, inside the interface from "make menuconfig")
 >> there is a Help button accessible with the arrow keys in your
 >> keyboard. "Clicking" that help button will show you the text
 >> from the help section of the Config.in

 Grant> Thanks.  I don't have buildroot installed anywhere at the
 Grant> moment, so I'm just browsing the GIT source tree to come up
 Grant> with a list of available web servers.  The list stands at

Ok, I would suggest you download buildroot and run make menuconfig,
that's a bit more userfriendly structured (E.G. web servers are located
under Networking). Remember to disable the busybox package or select
'Show packages that are also provided by busybox', as other web servers
are otherwise hidden.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Thiago A. Corrêa]

Btw, about webservers, I got AppWeb to build for AVR32 and I'm
evaluating it. (Needs minor patching to configure script).

In case I go for it (because of the ejs engine) then I might send a
patch to include it in buildroot. So, that could be one more for your
list :)

Kind Regards,
    Thiago A. Correa

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org> wrote:
>>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> writes:
>
> ?Grant> On 2009-11-06, Thiago A ?Corr?a <thiago.correa@gmail.com> wrote:
> ?>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
> ?>>>
> ?>>> And the help for a package is located...
> ?>>
> ?>> From Kconfig (ie, inside the interface from "make menuconfig")
> ?>> there is a Help button accessible with the arrow keys in your
> ?>> keyboard. "Clicking" that help button will show you the text
> ?>> from the help section of the Config.in
>
> ?Grant> Thanks. ?I don't have buildroot installed anywhere at the
> ?Grant> moment, so I'm just browsing the GIT source tree to come up
> ?Grant> with a list of available web servers. ?The list stands at
>
> Ok, I would suggest you download buildroot and run make menuconfig,
> that's a bit more userfriendly structured (E.G. web servers are located
> under Networking). Remember to disable the busybox package or select
> 'Show packages that are also provided by busybox', as other web servers
> are otherwise hidden.
>
> --
> Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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>

[Buildroot] How to figure out what a package is?

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Grant" == Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

 Grant> This sounds a bit stupid, but where do you find a description
 Grant> of what a given package is?

Normally the help text should say so.

 Grant> I've got a list of packages supported by buildroot.

 Grant> How do I know what, for example, the package named "lite" is?

By reading the help text of the package in 'make menuconfig'
(and optionally visiting the URL):

config BR2_PACKAGE_LITE
	bool "LiTE (toolbox engine)"
	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB
	help
	   LiTE stands for LiTE is a Toolbox Engine. 
	   Its role is to facilitate the functions of DirectFB so that a
	   toolbox could be written on top of DirectFB with less effort.
	   As such LiTE has abstractions for the underlying graphics and
	   event systems.

	   See http://www.directfb.org/wiki/index.php/LiTE:Architecture

Is there anything in the above that isn't clear to you?

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard