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We currently have two places where we recommend where BR2_DL_DIR should be set: "Environment variables" and "Location of downloaded packages". The former recommends setting BR2_DL_DIR in the .config, the latter kind of endorses using ~/.bashrc. We prefer suggesting the ~/.bashrc way since it avoids downloading the same file multiple times, and anyway it's wise to have all the details in a unique place. So remove the .config suggestion from "Environment variables" and let it just point to "Location of downloaded packages". Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca@lucaceresoli.net> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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// -*- mode:doc; -*-
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// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
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[[download-location]]
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==== Location of downloaded packages
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The various tarballs that are downloaded by Buildroot are all stored
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in +BR2_DL_DIR+, which by default is the +dl+ directory. If you want
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to keep a complete version of Buildroot which is known to be working
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with the associated tarballs, you can make a copy of this directory.
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This will allow you to regenerate the toolchain and the target
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filesystem with exactly the same versions.
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If you maintain several Buildroot trees, it might be better to have a
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shared download location. This can be achieved by pointing the
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+BR2_DL_DIR+ environment variable to a directory. If this is
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set, then the value of +BR2_DL_DIR+ in the Buildroot configuration is
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overridden. The following line should be added to +<~/.bashrc>+.
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export BR2_DL_DIR=<shared download location>
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-----------------
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The download location can also be set in the +.config+ file, with the
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+BR2_DL_DIR+ option. Unlike most options in the .config file, this value
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is overridden by the +BR2_DL_DIR+ environment variable.
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