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syslinux is... special. It is a target package, but it is installed in
HOST_DIR *in the target install commands*: in addition to the boot files
that run on the target, syslinux installs a set of host tools that are
to be used at build time (e.g. extlinux, to prepare bootable media, like
an iso96660 image). Then, from HOST_DIR, the actual boot files are
copied into BINARIES_DIR (i.e. images/); we do it that way because the
boot files are scattered about everywhere in the build tree, while they
are all packed together in a single directory once installed.
However, there is no dependency between the target and image install
steps. So, when using top-level parallel builds, there is no guarantee
that the target install commands are finished before the image install
commands are started.
We fix that by first installing into a temporary location, as part of
the build step, and by then copying from there as part of the install
step. This ensures that the boot files are easily available, without
needing a dependency on the target install step, that we can't express.
Note that we do not change the actual installation into HOST_DIR: it can
be set up differently that our temporary location, and we do not want
to duplicate that setup here (it's going to diverge over time).
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin@orange.com>
Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>
(cherry picked from commit 90e76818a1)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation. The documentation can be found in docs/manual. You can generate a text document with 'make manual-text' and read output/docs/manual/manual.text. Online documentation can be found at http://buildroot.org/docs.html To build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following: 1) run 'make menuconfig' 2) select the target architecture and the packages you wish to compile 3) run 'make' 4) wait while it compiles 5) find the kernel, bootloader, root filesystem, etc. in output/images You do not need to be root to build or run buildroot. Have fun! Buildroot comes with a basic configuration for a number of boards. Run 'make list-defconfigs' to view the list of provided configurations. Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the buildroot mailing list: buildroot@buildroot.org You can also find us on #buildroot on OFTC IRC. If you would like to contribute patches, please read https://buildroot.org/manual.html#submitting-patches