[ptxdist] [PATCH 1/4] doc: ref_manual: split up into multiple files

[ptxdist] [PATCH 1/4] doc: ref_manual: split up into multiple files

[Roland Hieber]

The reference manual has gotten quite big now. Split it up into three
files so it is easier to navigate for editing.

No further change to the content.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
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+.. _reference_macros:
+
+Rule File Macro Reference
+-------------------------
+
+Rules files in PTXdist are using macros to get things work. Its highly
+recommended to use these macros instead of doing something by ourself. Using these
+macros is portable and such easier to maintain in the case a project should be
+upgraded to a more recent PTXdist version.
+
+This chapter describes the predefined macros in PTXdist and their usage.
+
+Whenever one of these macros installs something to the target's root filesystem,
+it also accepts user and group IDs which are common in all filesystems Linux
+supports. These IDs can be given as numerical values and as text strings.
+In the case text strings are given PTXdist converts them into the
+corresponding numerical value based on the BSP local files :file:`passwd` and :file:`group`.
+If more than one file with these names are present in the BSP PTXdist follows
+its regular rules which one it prefers.
+
+Many paths shown here contains some parts in angle brackets. These have
+special meanings in this document.
+
+**<platform>**
+  The name of a platform. Corresponds to the variable
+  ``PTXCONF_PLATFORM``
+**<platform-src>**
+  The directory where the platform is defined. Corresponds to the variable
+  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR``
+**<platform-dir>**
+  Concatenated directory name with a leading *platform-* and the name of the
+  selected platform name, e.g. <platform>. If the name of the currently active
+  platform is *foo*, the final directory name is *platform-foo*.
+  Corresponds to the variable ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMDIR``
+
+.. note:: The list of supported macros is not complete yet.
+
+targetinfo
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call targetinfo)
+
+Gives a feedback, what build *stage* is just started. That's why it
+should always be the first call for each *stage*. For the package
+*foo* and the *compile stage* it will output:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ --------------------
+ target: foo.compile
+ --------------------
+
+touch
+~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call touch)
+
+Gives a feedback, what build *stage* is just finished. That's why it
+should always be the last call for each *stage*. For the package
+*foo* and the *compile stage* it will output:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ finished target foo.compile
+
+clean
+~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call clean, <directory path>)
+
+Removes the given directory ``<directory path>``
+
+.. _install_copy:
+
+world/get, world/extract, world/prepare, world/compile, world/install
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call world/get, <PKG>)
+
+The same for all other macros. These are the default build commands for the
+corresponding stages. For more details see the documentation of the default
+stages below.
+
+compile
+~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call compile, <PKG>, <build arguments>)
+
+This macro is very similar to ``world/compile``. The only differences is
+that is uses the specified ``build arguments`` instead of
+``<PKG>_MAKE_OPT``. This is usefull if ``make`` needs to be called more
+than once in the compile stage.
+
+world/execute, execute
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call execute, <PKG>, <command with arguments>)
+ $(call world/execute, <PKG>, <command with arguments>)
+
+These macros make it possible to execute arbitrary commands during the
+build stages. This is usefull because the environment is identical to the
+default build commands ``world/*``.
+
+``world/execute`` also handles the generic setup handled in the current
+build stage. For ``prepare`` this means that, for out ot tree builds, the
+build directory is deleted prior to executing the specified command.
+For ``install`` the package directory is deleted.
+
+When ``--verbose`` is used then the full command is logged. With
+``--quiet`` both stdout and stderr are redirected to the logfile.
+
+install_copy
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_copy, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <permission>, <source> [, <dest> [, <strip> ]])
+
+Installs given file or directory into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+**<permission>**
+  Permission (in an octal value) the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+
+The remaining parameters vary with the use case:
+
+The ``<source>`` parameter can be:
+
+* a directory path that should be created in the target's root filesystem.
+  In this case the <destination> must be omitted.
+  The given path must always start with a ``/`` and means the root
+  of the target's filesystem.
+* an absolute path to a file that should be copied to the target's root
+  filesystem. To avoid fixed paths, all packages are providing the
+  <PKG>_DIR variable. So, this parameter in our
+  *foo* example package can be a ``$(FOO_DIR)/foo``.
+* a minus sign (``-``). PTXdist uses the <destination>
+  parameter in this case to locate the file to copy from. 
+  The <destination> is uses a path relative to the :ref:`package install
+  directory<pkg_pkgdir>`. This only works if the package uses the default
+  or a similar *install* stage. For our *foo* example used source file is
+  ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.1.0/<destination>``.
+
+The ``<dest>`` parameter can be:
+
+* omitted if a directory in target's root filesystem should be created.
+  For this case the directory to be created is in the <source> parameter.
+* an absolute path and filename with its root in target's root filesystem.
+  It must start with a slash (``//``). If also the <source>
+  parameter was given, the file can be renamed while copying.
+  If the <source> parameter was given as a minus
+  sign (``-``) the <destination> is also used to
+  locate the source. For our *foo* example package if we give
+  <destination> as ``/usr/bin/foo``, PTXdist
+  copies the file ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.1.0/usr/bin/foo``
+
+The ``<strip>`` is a complete optional parameter to prevent
+this macro from the regular stripping process it does on files. Most of the cases
+stripping debug information from files is intended. But some kind of files getting
+destroyed when this stripping happens to them. One example is a Linux kernel module.
+If it gets stripped, it can't be loaded into the kernel anymore.
+
+**full strip**
+  fully strip the file while installing when this parameter is **y** or not
+  given at all (default case).
+**partially strip**
+  only strips real debug information from the file when this parameter is
+  **k**. Useful to keep Linux kernel module loadable at run-time
+**no strip**
+  preserve the file from being stripped when this parameter is one of the
+  following: **0**, **n**, **no**, **N** or **NO**.
+
+Due to the complexity of this macro, here are some usage examples:
+
+Create a directory in the root filesystem:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, /home/user-foo)
+
+Copy a file from the package build directory to the root filesystem:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, $(FOO_DIR)/foo, /usr/bin/foo)
+
+Copy a file from the package build directory to the root filesystem and rename
+it:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, $(FOO_DIR)/foo, /usr/bin/bar)
+
+Copy a file from the package install directory to the root filesystem:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, -, /usr/bin/foo)
+
+.. _install_tree,reference:
+
+install_tree
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_tree, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <source dir>, <destination dir>)
+
+Installs the whole directory tree with all files from the given directory into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
+  or ``-`` to keep the UID from the source tree
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
+  or ``-`` to keep the GID from the source tree
+**<source dir>**
+  This is the path to the tree of directories and files to be installed. It can
+  be ``-`` to use the package directory of the current package instead
+**<destination dir>**
+  The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
+
+Note: This installation macro
+
+* uses the same permission flags in the destination dir as found
+  in the source dir. This is valid for directories and regular files
+* skips all directories with names like ``.svn``, ``.git``, ``.pc`` and
+  ``CVS`` in the source directory
+
+Examples:
+
+Install the whole tree found in ``/home/jbe/foo`` to the root filesystem
+at location ``/usr/share/bar``.
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_tree, foo, 0, 0, /home/jbe/foo, /usr/share/bar)
+
+Install all files from the tree found in the current package FOO to the root
+filesystem at location ``/usr/share/bar``.
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_tree, foo, 0, 0, -, /usr/share/bar)
+
+If the current package is ``foo-1.0`` the base path for the directory tree
+will be ``$(PKGDIR)/foo-1.0/usr/share/bar``.
+
+install_alternative_tree
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_alternative_tree, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <destination dir>)
+
+Installs the whole source directory tree with all files from the given directory into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+The ``<destination dir>`` is used like in the ``install_alternative`` to let
+PTXdist search in the same directories and order for the given directory.
+
+Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
+  or ``-`` to keep the UID from the source
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root
+  filesystem or ``-`` to keep the GID from the source
+**<destination dir>**
+  The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
+
+.. note:: This installation macro
+
+  * uses the same permission flags in the destination dir as found in the source
+    dir. This is valid for directories and regular files
+  * skips all directories with names like ``.svn``, ``.git``, ``.pc`` and ``CVS``
+    in the source directory
+
+Examples:
+
+Install the whole tree found in project's ``projectroot/usr/share/bar``
+to the root filesystem at location ``/usr/share/bar``.
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_alternative_tree, foo, 0, 0, /usr/share/bar)
+
+To install nothing, use a symlink to ``/dev/null`` instead of the base
+directory. See :ref:`install_alternative` for more details.
+
+.. _install_alternative:
+
+install_alternative
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_alternative, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <permission>, <destination>)
+
+Installs given files or directories into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+The base parameters and their meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+**<permission>**
+  Permission (in an octal value) the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+
+The parameter <destination> is meant as an absolute path
+and filename in target's root filesystem. PTXdist searches for the source
+of this file in:
+
+* the local project
+* in the used platform
+* PTXdist's install path
+* in the current package
+
+As this search algorithm is complex, here an example for the file
+``/etc/foo`` in package ``FOO``. PTXdist will search for this
+file in the following order:
+
+* project's directory ``projectroot.<platform>/etc/foo``
+* project's directory ``projectroot/etc/foo.<platform>``
+* platform's directory ``<platform-src>/projectroot/etc/foo.<platform>``
+* project's directory ``projectroot/etc/foo``
+* platform's directory ``<platform-src>/projectroot/etc/foo``
+* ptxdist's directory ``projectroot/etc/foo``
+* package's directory ``$(FOO_PKGDIR)/etc/foo``
+* package's directory ``$(FOO_DIR)/etc/foo``
+
+The generic rules are looking like the following:
+
+* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/projectroot$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)/etc/foo``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/projectroot/etc/foo$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/projectroot/etc/foo$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/projectroot/etc/foo``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/projectroot/etc/foo``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_TOPDIR)/projectroot/etc/foo``
+* ``$(FOO_PKGDIR)/etc/foo``
+* ``$(FOO_DIR)/etc/foo``
+
+Note: You can get the current values for the listed variables above via running
+PTXdist with the ``print`` parameter:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ $ ptxdist print PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX
+
+``install_alternative`` is used by upstream PTXdist packages to install
+config files. In some rare use-cases the file should not be installed at
+all. For example if the config file is generated at runtime or provided by
+a special configuration package. This is possible by creating a symlink to
+``/dev/null`` instead of a file at one of the locations described above.
+PTXdist skips installing the file if it detects such a symlink.
+
+install_link
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_link, <package>, <point to>, <where>)
+
+Installs a symbolic link into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+The parameters and their meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<point to>**
+  Path and name the link should point to. Note: This macro rejects absolute
+  paths. If needed use relative paths instead.
+**<where>**
+  Path and name of the symbolic link.
+
+A few usage examples.
+
+Create a symbolic link as ``/usr/lib/libfoo.so`` pointing to
+``libfoo.so.1.1.0`` in the same directory:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_link, foo, libfoo.so.1.1.0, /usr/lib/libfoo.so)
+
+Create a symbolic link as ``/usr/bin/foo`` pointing to ``/bin/bar``:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_link, foo, ../../bin/bar, /usr/bin/foo)
+
+.. _install_archive:
+
+install_archive
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_archive, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <archive> , <base path>)
+
+Installs archives content into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+All parameters have fixed meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID all files and directory of the archive should use in the target's
+  root filesystem. A ``-`` uses the file's/directory's UID in the archive
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the files and directories should use in the target's root filesystem.
+  A ``-`` uses the file's/directory's GID in the archive
+**<archive>**
+  Name of the archive to be used in this call. The given path and filename is
+  used as is
+**<base path>**
+  Base path component in the root filesystem the archive should be extracted
+  to. Can be just ``/`` for root.
+
+install_glob
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_glob, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <source dir>, <destination dir>, <yglob>, <nglob>[, <strip>])
+
+Installs parts of a directory tree with all files from the given directory
+into:
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
+  or ``-`` to keep the UID from the source tree
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
+  or ``-`` to keep the GID from the source tree
+**<source dir>**
+  This is the path to the tree of directories and files to be installed. It can
+  be ``-`` to use the package directory of the current package instead
+**<destination dir>**
+  The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
+**<yglob>**
+  A list of pathname patterns. All files or directories that match _any_
+  pattern in the list are installed. Note: the patterns must match the
+  whole absolute path, e.g. ``*/foo``. An empty list is equivalent to a
+  pattern that matches all files.
+**<nglob>**
+  Like ``<yglob>`` but any matching files or directories will not be
+  installed. For directories, this includes the whole contents of the
+  directory.
+
+Except for the pathname patterns, this command works like ``install_tree``.
+The ``<yglob>`` and ``<nglob>`` patterns are combined: Only files that
+match ``<yglob>`` and do not match ``<nglob>`` are installed.
+
+Examples:
+
+Install all shared libraries found in ``$(FOO_PKGDIR)/usr/lib/foo`` except
+libbar.so
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_glob, foo, 0, 0, -, /usr/lib/foo, *.so, */libbar.so)
+
+install_lib
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_lib, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <permission>, <libname>)
+
+Installs the shared library <libname> into the root filesystem.
+
+* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
+* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
+
+The parameters and their meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<UID>**
+  User ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
+**<GID>**
+  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
+**<permission>**
+  Permission (as an octal value) the library should use in the target's root
+  filesystem (mostly 0644)
+**<libname>**
+  Basename of the library without any extension and path
+
+The ``install_lib`` macro searches for the library at the most
+common directories ``/lib`` and ``/usr/lib``. And it searches always
+in the package's corresponding directory in ``<platform-dir>/packages/``.
+It also handles all required links to make the library work at run-time.
+
+An example.
+
+Lets assume the package 'foo-1.0.0' has installed the library ``libfoo`` into
+its ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0`` at:
+
+* the lib: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so.0.0.0``
+* first link: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so.0``
+* second link: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so``
+
+.. note:: The second link is only needed  for the linker at build-time to
+   resolve ``-lfoo1``. It is not needed at run-time so ``install_lib`` will
+   skip it.
+
+To install this library and its corresponding link, the following line does the job:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_lib, foo, 0, 0, 0644, libfoo1)
+
+Note: The package's install stage must be 'DESTDIR' aware to be able to make
+it install its content into the corresponding packages directory (in our example
+``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/`` here).
+
+install_replace
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ $(call install_replace, <package>, <filename>, <placeholder>, <value>)
+
+Replace placeholder with value in a previously installed file.
+
+The parameters and their meanings:
+
+**<package>**
+  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
+**<filename>**
+  Absolute filepath in target root filesystem
+**<placeholder>**
+  A string in the file which should be replaced. Usually some uppercase word
+  surrounded by @ signs
+**<value>**
+  The value which should appear in the root filesystem instead of the
+  placeholder, could be some PTXCONF variable
+
+The ``install_replace`` macro can be used in targetinstall stage to adapt
+some template and replace strings with content from menu variables or other
+sources. For example look at the timezone you set in the ptxdist menu. An
+``install_replace`` call in ``rules/timezone.make`` replaces the string
+``@TIMEZONE@`` in the file ``/etc/timezone`` in root filesystem with the
+content of the menu variable ``PTXCONF_TIMEZONE_LOCALTIME``. The file must
+be installed with some other ``install_*`` command before
+``install_replace`` can be used. A typical call would look like this:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+   $(STATEDIR)/timezone.targetinstall:
+        ...
+   	@$(call install_replace, timezone, /etc/timezone, @TIMEZONE@, \
+   		$(PTXCONF_TIMEZONE_LOCALTIME))
+
+.. _param_macros:
+
+.. _ptxEndis:
+
+ptx/endis
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into an ``enable/disable``
+string use the ``ptx/endis`` macro.
+If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
+the string ``enable``, if unset to ``disable`` instead.
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ --$(call ptx/endis, <variable>)-<parameter>
+
+An example:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/endis,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
+
+Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --enable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --disable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+
+Refer :ref:`ptxDisen` for the opposite string expansion.
+
+.. _ptxDisen:
+
+ptx/disen
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``disable/enable``
+string use the ``ptx/disen`` macro.
+If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
+the string ``disable``, if unset to ``enable`` instead.
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ --$(call ptx/disen, <variable>)-<parameter>
+
+An example:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/disen,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
+
+Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --disable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --enable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+
+Refer :ref:`ptxEndis` for the opposite string expansion.
+
+ptx/wwo
+~~~~~~~
+
+To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``with/without``
+string use the ``ptx/wwo`` macro.
+If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
+the string ``with``, if unset to ``without`` instead.
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ --$(call ptx/wwo, <variable>)-<parameter>
+
+An example:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/wwo,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
+
+Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --without-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+
+ptx/ifdef
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into one of two strings use the
+``ptx/ifdef`` macro.
+If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
+the first given string, if unset to the second given string.
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ --with-something=$(call ptx/ifdef, <variable>, <first-string>, <second-string)
+
+An example:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=$(call ptx/ifdef,FOO_VARIABLE,/usr,none)
+
+Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=/usr (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=none (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+
+ptx/truefalse
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``true/false``
+string use the ``ptx/truefalse`` macro.
+If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
+the string ``true``, if unset to ``false`` instead.
+
+Usage:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ -Dwith-something=$(call ptx/truefalse,<variable>)
+
+An example:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=$(call ptx/truefalse,<variable>)
+
+Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=true (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
+ FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=false (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+
+ptx/get-alternative
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This macro can be used to find files or directories in the BSP and PTXdist.
+There are two arguments, **prefix** and **file**. The search path is very
+similar to :ref:`install_alternative`. The first existing location of the
+following paths is returned:
+
+* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/$(prefix)$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)/$(file)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/$(prefix)/$(file)$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(prefix)/$(file)$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/$(prefix)/$(file)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(prefix)/$(file)``
+* ``$(PTXDIST_TOPDIR)/$(prefix)/$(file)``
+
+
+.. _in_path:
+
+ptx/in-path
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This macro can be used to find files or directories in the BSP and PTXdist.
+There are two arguments, **path variable** and **file**. The **path
+variable** must be a variable name that is available in a shell called by
+**make**. The variable must contain a ``:`` separated list of directories.
+The **file** will be searched in these directories and the first existing
+path is returned. PTXdist defines several variables that can be used here.
+The directories are in the usual search order.
+
+-  **PTXDIST_PATH_LAYERS** contains all layers from **PTXDIST_WORKSPACE**
+   to **PTXDIST_TOPDIR**
+
+- **PTXDIST_PATH** is like **PTXDIST_PATH_LAYERS** but also contains the
+  **PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR** for each layer.
+
+- **PTXDIST_PATH_SCRIPTS**, **PTXDIST_PATH_RULES** and
+  **PTXDIST_PATH_PLATFORMS** are like **PTXDIST_PATH** with the extra
+  ``scripts/``, ``rules/`` and ``platforms/`` subdirectory respectively.
+
+Hint: use the :ref:`print<command_print>` command to get the exact list of
+directories for each of these variables.
+
+.. _in_platformconfigdir:
+
+ptx/in-platformconfigdir
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This macro is only useful with multiple layers. It has one argument
+**file**. The **file** is searched for in the platform directory in
+all layers in the usual search order. It returns the first existing file.
+If none exists it returns ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(file)``. This
+avoids unexpected errors due to empty variables if a file is missing.
diff --git a/doc/ref_make_variables.inc b/doc/ref_make_variables.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f2b491b407e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ref_make_variables.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,444 @@
+Variables Reference
+-------------------
+
+The following variables are provided by PTXdist to simplify creating
+rule files. Every developer should use these variables in every single
+line in the **rule file** to avoid any further adaption when external paths
+are changed.
+
+To get their content related to the current project, we can simply run
+a:
+
+::
+
+    $ ptxdist print PTXDIST_TOPDIR
+    /usr/local/lib/ptxdist-|ptxdistVendorVersion|
+
+Replace the ``PTXDIST_TOPDIR`` with one of the other generic variables
+PTXdist provides.
+
+Global Variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``PTXDIST_TOPDIR``
+  Points always to the installation directory of PTXdist.
+
+.. _ptxdist_workspace:
+
+``PTXDIST_WORKSPACE``
+  Everything that references ``PTXDIST_WORKSPACE`` will use the active
+  projects’s folder.
+
+``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS``
+  ``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS`` points to a directory tree all cross relevant
+  executables, libraries and header files are installed to in the current
+  project. All of the project’s packages built for the host to create data
+  for the target are searching in this directory tree for their
+  dependencies (executables, header and library files). Use
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/bin`` to install executables,
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/include`` for header files and
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/lib`` for libraries.
+
+``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST``
+  ``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST`` points to a directory tree all host relevant
+  executables, libraries and header files are installed to. All project’s
+  packages built for the host are searching in this directory tree for
+  their dependencies (executables, header and library files). Use
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST)/bin`` to install executables,
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST)/include`` for header files and
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST)/lib`` for libraries.
+
+``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET``
+  ``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET`` points to a directory tree all target
+  relevant libraries and header files are installed to. All project’s
+  packages built for the target are searching in this directory tree for
+  their dependencies (header and library files). These files are for
+  compile time only (for example to link a target executable against a
+  target library), not for run-time! Use
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET)/include`` for header files and
+  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET)/lib`` for libraries.
+
+Other useful variables:
+
+``CROSS_PATH``
+  Use to find cross tools. This path must be used to create anything that
+  depends on the target’s architecture, but needs something running on the
+  host to do the job. Examples:
+
+  **Creating a UBI image from the target’s root filesystem**
+      This will need a tool running on the host, but it will create data
+      or code that runs on or is used on the target
+
+  **Building a library for the target**
+      If this library needs other resources to be built (other libraries)
+      its ``configure`` finds the right information in this path.
+
+``HOST_PATH``
+  Used to find host tools. This path must be used to create anything that
+  doesn't depend on the architecture.
+
+``ROOTDIR``
+  ``ROOTDIR`` points to the root of the target’s root filesystem in the
+  current project. Used in very rare cases (to create strange packages
+  based on data in target’s root filesystem for example).
+
+``PTXCONF_PLATFORM``
+  ``PTXCONF_PLATFORM`` expands to the name of the currently selected
+  platform. This name is used in various file names and paths.
+
+``PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX``
+  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX`` expands to the name of the currently selected
+  platform, but with a leading dot. This is used in various files PTXdist
+  should search for.
+
+.. _ptxdist_platformconfigdir:
+
+``PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR``
+  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR`` points to the directory tree of the
+  currently selected platform. This path is used in various search
+  functions.
+
+``PTXDIST_PLATFORMDIR``
+  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMDIR`` points to the directory build tree of the
+  currently selected platform.
+
+``PACKAGES``, ``PACKAGES-y``, ``PACKAGES-m``
+  ``PACKAGES`` is a list of space-separated lowercase package names that are
+  built and installed during the PTXdist build run, and installed into the
+  target root filesystem when building images.
+
+  The ``-y`` variant contains only those packages that are selected with
+  ``PTXCONF_<PKG>=y``, while the ``-m`` variant contains only those which are
+  selected with ``PTXCONF_<PKG>=m`` (used for collections).
+  A target package rule usually adds its name to one of those variables if it
+  has been selected.
+  The union of those two sets then ends up in ``PACKAGES``.
+
+``EXTRA_PACKAGES``, ``EXTRA_PACKAGES-y``, ``EXTRA_PACKAGES-m``
+  In analogy to ``PACKAGES``, target packages that are added to these lists will
+  be built normally during the build run.
+  In contrast however, they are not installed into a root filesystem by default
+  when building images, and image rules must request them explicitely.
+  This is useful for specialized packages that are only needed for specific
+  images, see :ref:`multi_image_individual_root_filesystems`.
+
+``HOST_PACKAGES``, ``CROSS_PACKAGES``
+  Similar to ``PACKAGES``, these variables contain the host and cross packages
+  that are built and installed during the PTXdist build run.
+  There are analogous ``-y`` and ``-m`` variants of those variables too.
+
+Package Specific Variables
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For the following variables ``<PKG>`` is a placeholder for the package
+name. It is also the Kconfig symbol name (without the ``PTXCONF_`` prefix).
+
+Package Definition
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``<PKG>``
+  This is the name of the package including version. For most packages,
+  this is the name of the source archive (without suffix) and the source
+  directory. PTXdist will search for patches in a directory with this name.
+  This is usually defined as ``<name>-$(<PKG>_VERSION)``. This variable is
+  required for most packages. The only exception are packages that only
+  install some files in the targetinstall stage (e.g. from projectroot/).
+
+``<PKG>_VERSION``
+  The version of the package. It is used as the version for the ipk
+  packages. As such, it is required for all packages that create such
+  packages. Most target packages fall in this category.
+
+``<PKG>_MD5``
+  The md5 checksum of the source archive. PTXdist calculates the checksum
+  before extracting the archive and will abort if does not match. Upstream
+  project occasionally change the content of an archive without releasing a
+  new version. This check helps to ensure that all developers work with the
+  same source code.
+
+``<PKG>_SUFFIX``
+  The archive suffix without the leading '.', e.g. 'tar.gz' or 'zip'. This
+  is only used locally to define ``<PKG>_URL`` and ``<PKG>_SOURCE``.
+
+``<PKG>_URL``
+  This is the download URL for the source archive. It is a space separated
+  list of URLs. PTXdist will try each URL until it finds one that works.
+  There are two main reasons to provide more than one URL: 1. Additional
+  mirror(s) in case the main location is unavailable. 2. Some projects move
+  old versions into a separate directory when a new version is released.
+  Providing both versions of the URL ensures that PTXdist still has a
+  working URL after the next upstream release.
+
+  URLs can have options. Options are appended to the URL separated by ';'.
+  For normal downloads the following options are supported:
+
+  ``no-check-certificate`` to indicate that SSL certificate checking should
+  be disabled.
+
+  ``no-proxy`` to disable any configured proxy.
+
+  ``cookie:<value>`` to specify a cookie that should be sent.
+
+  Files in the local filesystem can be addressed with ``file://`` URLs. In
+  this case, the URL can also point to a directory. In this case
+  ``<PKG>_DIR`` will be a symlink to the specified directory. 'lndir://'
+  can be used to create a shadow copy instead. For locations inside the BSP
+  the URL should use ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)`` to define the correct
+  absolute path.
+
+  If no source archive is available, PTXdist can get the source from
+  revision control systems. 'git' and 'svn' are currently supported. Note
+  that this cannot be used to follow a branch! PTXdist will create the
+  archive defined ``<PKG>_SOURCE`` and use it if available.
+
+  Git URLs must either start with 'git://' or end with '.git'. They have a
+  mandatory ``tag=<tagname>`` option. Refer :ref:`gitSources` how to make use of
+  it.
+
+  Svn URLs must start with 'svn://'. They have a mandatory
+  ``rev=r<number>`` option.
+
+``<PKG>_SOURCE``
+  The location of the downloaded source archive. There should be no reason
+  to set this to anything other than
+  ``$(SRCDIR)/$(<PKG>).$(<PKG>_SUFFIX)``.
+
+  For local URLs (``file://`` or ``lndir://``) ``<PKG>_SOURCE`` must not be
+  set.
+
+``<PKG>_DIR``
+  This is the directory where the source archive is extracted. In most
+  cases this is set to ``$(BUILDDIR)/$(<PKG>)``. However, if two packages
+  use the same source archive, then something else must be used to make
+  sure that they use different directories. See the rules for 'gdb' and
+  'gdbserver' for an example.
+
+``<PKG>_LICENSE``
+  The license of the package. The SPDX license identifiers should be used
+  here. Use ``proprietary`` for proprietary packages and ``ignore`` for
+  packages without their own license, e.g. meta packages or packages that
+  only install files from ``projectroot/``.
+
+``<PKG>_LICENSE_FILES``
+  A space separated list of URLs of license text files. The URLs must be
+  ``file://`` URLs relative to ``<PKG>_DIR``. Absolute URLs using
+  ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)`` can be used in case the license text is missing
+  in the upstream archive. Arguments are appended with ';' as separator.
+  The ``md5=<md5sum>`` argument is mandatory. It defines the md5 checksum
+  of the full license text. ``startline=<number>;endline=<number>`` can be
+  used in case the specified file contains more than just the license text,
+  e.g. if the license is in the header of a source file. For non ASCII or
+  UTF-8 files the encoding can be specified with ``encoding=<enc>``.
+
+For most packages the variables described above are undefined by default.
+However, for cross and host packages these variables default to the value
+of the corresponding target package if it exists.
+
+``<PKG>_CONFIG``
+  This variable specifies a configuration file of some kind for the
+  packages. For packages with ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` set to ``kconfig`` the
+  variable must specify an absolute path to the kconfig file. For image
+  packages that use genimage, PTXdist will look for
+  ``config/images/$(<PKG>_CONFIG)`` in the BSP and PTXdist in the usual
+  search order.
+
+``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL``
+  When PTXdist extracts source archives, it will create ``<PKG>_DIR``
+  first and then extracts the archive there. If ``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL`` is
+  set to 1 (the default) then PTXdist removes the first directory level
+  defined inside the archive. For most packages that this is the same as
+  just extracting the archive. However, this is useful for packages with
+  badly named top-level directories or packages where the directory must be
+  renamed to avoid collisions (e.g. gdbserver).
+
+  The main use-case for ``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL`` is to set it to 0 for
+  packages without a top-level directory.
+
+  In theory ``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL`` could be set to 2 or more to remove more
+  than one directory level.
+
+``<PKG>_BUILD_OOT``
+  If this is set to ``YES`` then PTXdist will build the package out of
+  tree. This is only supported for autoconf, qmake and cmake packages. The
+  default is ``YES`` for cmake packages and ``NO`` for everything else.
+  It will use ``$(<PKG>_DIR)-build`` as build directory.
+
+  This is especially useful for ``file://`` URLS that point to directories to
+  keep the source tree free of build files.
+
+``<PKG>_SUBDIR``
+  This is a directory relative to ``<PKG>_DIR``. If set, all build
+  operations are executed in this directory instead. By default
+  ``<PKG>_SUBDIR`` is undefined so all operations are executed in the
+  top-level directory.
+
+Build Environment for all Stages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``<PKG>_PATH``
+  This variable defines the PATH used by all build stages. It is evaluated
+  as is, so it must start with ``PATH=``. If undefined, PTXdist will use
+  ``PATH=$(CROSS_PATH)`` for target packages ``PATH=$(HOST_PATH)`` for host
+  packages and ``PATH=$(HOST_CROSS_PATH)`` for cross packages. It must be
+  set by packages that use the variable locally in the make file or if more
+  directories are added, e.g. to
+  ``PATH=$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/bin/qt5:$(CROSS_PATH)`` for packages that
+  use qmake from Qt5.
+
+``<PKG>_CFLAGS``, ``<PKG>_CPPFLAGS``, ``<PKG>_LDFLAGS``
+  Compiler, preprocessor and linker are never called directly in PTXdist.
+  Instead, wrapper scripts are called that expand the command line before
+  calling the actual tool. These variables can be used to influence these
+  wrappers. The specified flags are added to the command line when
+  appropriate. In most cases this it the preferred way to add additional
+  flags. Adding them via environment variables or ``make`` arguments can
+  have unexpected side effects, such as as overwriting existing defaults.
+
+``<PKG>_WRAPPER_BLACKLIST``
+  PTXdist has several options in the platformconfig that inject options in
+  the compiler command line. This is used, for example, to add hardening
+  options or change the debug options. This can occasionally cause problems
+  for packages that use the compiler in certain ways, such as the Linux
+  kernel or various bootloaders. With this variable a package can disable
+  individual options by setting it to a space separated list of the
+  corresponding Kconfig symbols (without the ``PTXCONF_`` prefix).
+
+Prepare Stage
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``<PKG>_CONF_ENV``
+  The environment for the prepare stage. If undefined, PTXdist will use
+  ``$(CROSS_ENV)`` for target packages, ``$(HOST_ENV)`` for host packages
+  and ``$(HOST_CROSS_ENV)`` for cross packages. It must be set by packages
+  that use the variable locally in the make file or if extra variables are
+  added. In this case the definition should start with the default value.
+
+``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL``
+  This variable defines what tool is used to configure the package in the
+  prepare stage. Possible values are:
+
+   - ``NO`` to do nothing in the prepare stage.
+   - ``autoconf`` for packages that use autoconf
+   - ``qmake`` for qmake based packages. Note: the required Qt version must
+     be selected.
+   - ``cmake`` for cmake based packages. Note ``HOST_CMAKE`` must be
+     selected to ensure, that cmake is available for configuration.
+   - ``kconfig`` for kconfig based packages. Note ``<PKG>_CONFIG`` must be
+     set as described above.
+   - ``perl`` for perl modules.
+   - ``python`` or ``python3`` for Python packages with a normal setup.py.
+
+``<PKG>_CONF_OPT``
+  This variable adds arguments to the command-line of the configuration
+  tool. If undefined, PTXdist will use a default value that depends on the
+  configuration tool of the package. This default value should also be used
+  when adding additional options. The following defaults exist:
+
+   - autoconf:
+     ``$(CROSS_AUTOCONF_USR)``/``$(HOST_AUTOCONF)``/``$(HOST_CROSS_AUTOCONF)``
+     for target/host/cross packages.
+   - cmake: ``$(CROSS_CMAKE_USR)``/``$(HOST_CMAKE_OPT)`` for target/host
+     packages. Cross packages cannot be built with cmake
+   - qmake: ``$(CROSS_QMAKE_OPT)`` for host packages. Host and cross
+     packages cannot be built with qmake.
+
+  All other configuration tools have no default options. This variable is
+  ignored for kconfig and python/python3.
+
+.. _vars_compile:
+
+Compile Stage
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``<PKG>_MAKE_ENV``
+  This variables defines additional environment variables for the compile
+  stage. In most cases this variable remains undefined because all
+  necessary defines are picked up in the prepare stage. For python/python3
+  packages PTXdist will use the default value from ``<PKG>_CONF_ENV``.
+  For packages without configuration tool this must be set correctly,
+  usually based on the ``<PKG>_CONF_ENV`` default values, e,g.
+  ``$(CROSS_ENV)`` for target packages.
+
+``<PKG>_MAKE_OPT``
+  This variables defines additional parameters to be forwarded to ``make`` in
+  order to build the package. It defaults to nothing to let ``make`` traditionally
+  build the first defined target.
+
+``<PKG>_MAKE_PAR``
+  This variables informs PTXdist, if this package can be built in parallel. Some
+  (mostly very smart selfmade) buildsystems fail doing so. In this case this
+  variable can be set to ``NO``. PTXdist will then build this package with one
+  CPU only. The default is, to build packages in parallel.
+
+.. _vars_install:
+
+Install Stage
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``<PKG>_INSTALL_OPT``
+  This variable defaults to ``install`` which is used as a *target* for ``make``.
+  It can be overwritten if the package needs a special target to install its
+  results.
+
+.. _pkg_pkgdir:
+
+``<PKG>_PKGDIR``
+  This variable must not be set by the user. It defines package
+  install directory. All files will be installed relative to this
+  directory. It can be used by manual install stages. It is defined as
+  ``$(PKGDIR)/$(<PKG>)`` which expands to
+  ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.1.0`` on our *foo* example.
+
+Targetinstall Stage
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The *targetinstall* stage has no additional variables.
+
+.. _image_packages:
+
+Image Packages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Image packages use a different set of variables. They have the same
+``<PKG>`` and ``<PKG>_DIR`` variables as other packages, but the rest is
+different.
+
+``<PKG>_IMAGE``
+  This is the filename of the image that is created by the rule. This is
+  usually ``$(IMAGEDIR)/<image-file-name>``.
+
+``<PKG>_FILES``
+  This is a list of tar balls that are extracted to generate the content of
+  the image. PTXdist will add the necessary dependencies to these files to
+  recreate the image as needed. If a tar ball is created by another PTXdist
+  package then this package should be selected in the menu file.
+
+``<PKG>_PKGS``
+  This is another mechanism to add files to the image. It can be uses
+  instead of or in addition to ``<PKG>_FILES``. It must be set to a list of
+  ptxdist packages (the lowercase name of the packages). PTXdist will add
+  the necessary dependencies.
+
+  Note that this will not ensure that the packages are enabled or that all
+  all package dependencies are satisfied. ``$(PTX_PACKAGES_INSTALL)`` can
+  be used to specify all enabled packages. Or ``$(call ptx/collection,
+  $(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/configs/<collection-file-name>)`` can be uses to to
+  specify the packages enabled by this collection. In both cases ``=`` must
+  be uses instead of ``:=`` due to the makefile include order.
+
+``<PKG>_CONFIG``
+  ``genimage`` packages use this to specify the ``genimage`` configuration
+  file. PTXdist will search for the specified file name in
+  ``config/images/`` in the BSP, platform and PTXdist in the usual search
+  order.
+
+``<PKG>_NFSROOT``
+  If this is set to ``YES`` then PTXdist will create a special nfsroot
+  directory that contains only the files from the packages specified in
+  ``<PKG>_PKGS``. This is useful if the normal nfsroot directory contains
+  conflicting files from multiple images. The created nfsroot directory is
+  ``<platform-dir>/nfsroot/<image-name>``.
+
+``<PKG>_LABEL``
+  This is a tar label to put on an image. This is supported by
+  ``image-root-tgz`` and images created with the ``image-tgz`` template.
diff --git a/doc/ref_manual.rst b/doc/ref_manual.rst
index 4444e0192235..6541da3eaa00 100644
--- a/doc/ref_manual.rst
+++ b/doc/ref_manual.rst
@@ -1,1545 +1,9 @@
 PTXdist Reference
 =================
 
-Variables Reference
--------------------
-
-The following variables are provided by PTXdist to simplify creating
-rule files. Every developer should use these variables in every single
-line in the **rule file** to avoid any further adaption when external paths
-are changed.
-
-To get their content related to the current project, we can simply run
-a:
-
-::
-
-    $ ptxdist print PTXDIST_TOPDIR
-    /usr/local/lib/ptxdist-|ptxdistVendorVersion|
-
-Replace the ``PTXDIST_TOPDIR`` with one of the other generic variables
-PTXdist provides.
-
-Global Variables
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-``PTXDIST_TOPDIR``
-  Points always to the installation directory of PTXdist.
-
-.. _ptxdist_workspace:
-
-``PTXDIST_WORKSPACE``
-  Everything that references ``PTXDIST_WORKSPACE`` will use the active
-  projects’s folder.
-
-``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS``
-  ``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS`` points to a directory tree all cross relevant
-  executables, libraries and header files are installed to in the current
-  project. All of the project’s packages built for the host to create data
-  for the target are searching in this directory tree for their
-  dependencies (executables, header and library files). Use
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/bin`` to install executables,
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/include`` for header files and
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/lib`` for libraries.
-
-``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST``
-  ``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST`` points to a directory tree all host relevant
-  executables, libraries and header files are installed to. All project’s
-  packages built for the host are searching in this directory tree for
-  their dependencies (executables, header and library files). Use
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST)/bin`` to install executables,
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST)/include`` for header files and
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_HOST)/lib`` for libraries.
-
-``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET``
-  ``PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET`` points to a directory tree all target
-  relevant libraries and header files are installed to. All project’s
-  packages built for the target are searching in this directory tree for
-  their dependencies (header and library files). These files are for
-  compile time only (for example to link a target executable against a
-  target library), not for run-time! Use
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET)/include`` for header files and
-  ``$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_TARGET)/lib`` for libraries.
-
-Other useful variables:
-
-``CROSS_PATH``
-  Use to find cross tools. This path must be used to create anything that
-  depends on the target’s architecture, but needs something running on the
-  host to do the job. Examples:
-
-  **Creating a UBI image from the target’s root filesystem**
-      This will need a tool running on the host, but it will create data
-      or code that runs on or is used on the target
-
-  **Building a library for the target**
-      If this library needs other resources to be built (other libraries)
-      its ``configure`` finds the right information in this path.
-
-``HOST_PATH``
-  Used to find host tools. This path must be used to create anything that
-  doesn't depend on the architecture.
-
-``ROOTDIR``
-  ``ROOTDIR`` points to the root of the target’s root filesystem in the
-  current project. Used in very rare cases (to create strange packages
-  based on data in target’s root filesystem for example).
-
-``PTXCONF_PLATFORM``
-  ``PTXCONF_PLATFORM`` expands to the name of the currently selected
-  platform. This name is used in various file names and paths.
-
-``PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX``
-  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX`` expands to the name of the currently selected
-  platform, but with a leading dot. This is used in various files PTXdist
-  should search for.
-
-.. _ptxdist_platformconfigdir:
-
-``PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR``
-  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR`` points to the directory tree of the
-  currently selected platform. This path is used in various search
-  functions.
-
-``PTXDIST_PLATFORMDIR``
-  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMDIR`` points to the directory build tree of the
-  currently selected platform.
-
-``PACKAGES``, ``PACKAGES-y``, ``PACKAGES-m``
-  ``PACKAGES`` is a list of space-separated lowercase package names that are
-  built and installed during the PTXdist build run, and installed into the
-  target root filesystem when building images.
-
-  The ``-y`` variant contains only those packages that are selected with
-  ``PTXCONF_<PKG>=y``, while the ``-m`` variant contains only those which are
-  selected with ``PTXCONF_<PKG>=m`` (used for collections).
-  A target package rule usually adds its name to one of those variables if it
-  has been selected.
-  The union of those two sets then ends up in ``PACKAGES``.
-
-``EXTRA_PACKAGES``, ``EXTRA_PACKAGES-y``, ``EXTRA_PACKAGES-m``
-  In analogy to ``PACKAGES``, target packages that are added to these lists will
-  be built normally during the build run.
-  In contrast however, they are not installed into a root filesystem by default
-  when building images, and image rules must request them explicitely.
-  This is useful for specialized packages that are only needed for specific
-  images, see :ref:`multi_image_individual_root_filesystems`.
-
-``HOST_PACKAGES``, ``CROSS_PACKAGES``
-  Similar to ``PACKAGES``, these variables contain the host and cross packages
-  that are built and installed during the PTXdist build run.
-  There are analogous ``-y`` and ``-m`` variants of those variables too.
-
-Package Specific Variables
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-For the following variables ``<PKG>`` is a placeholder for the package
-name. It is also the Kconfig symbol name (without the ``PTXCONF_`` prefix).
-
-Package Definition
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-``<PKG>``
-  This is the name of the package including version. For most packages,
-  this is the name of the source archive (without suffix) and the source
-  directory. PTXdist will search for patches in a directory with this name.
-  This is usually defined as ``<name>-$(<PKG>_VERSION)``. This variable is
-  required for most packages. The only exception are packages that only
-  install some files in the targetinstall stage (e.g. from projectroot/).
-
-``<PKG>_VERSION``
-  The version of the package. It is used as the version for the ipk
-  packages. As such, it is required for all packages that create such
-  packages. Most target packages fall in this category.
-
-``<PKG>_MD5``
-  The md5 checksum of the source archive. PTXdist calculates the checksum
-  before extracting the archive and will abort if does not match. Upstream
-  project occasionally change the content of an archive without releasing a
-  new version. This check helps to ensure that all developers work with the
-  same source code.
-
-``<PKG>_SUFFIX``
-  The archive suffix without the leading '.', e.g. 'tar.gz' or 'zip'. This
-  is only used locally to define ``<PKG>_URL`` and ``<PKG>_SOURCE``.
-
-``<PKG>_URL``
-  This is the download URL for the source archive. It is a space separated
-  list of URLs. PTXdist will try each URL until it finds one that works.
-  There are two main reasons to provide more than one URL: 1. Additional
-  mirror(s) in case the main location is unavailable. 2. Some projects move
-  old versions into a separate directory when a new version is released.
-  Providing both versions of the URL ensures that PTXdist still has a
-  working URL after the next upstream release.
-
-  URLs can have options. Options are appended to the URL separated by ';'.
-  For normal downloads the following options are supported:
-
-  ``no-check-certificate`` to indicate that SSL certificate checking should
-  be disabled.
-
-  ``no-proxy`` to disable any configured proxy.
-
-  ``cookie:<value>`` to specify a cookie that should be sent.
-
-  Files in the local filesystem can be addressed with ``file://`` URLs. In
-  this case, the URL can also point to a directory. In this case
-  ``<PKG>_DIR`` will be a symlink to the specified directory. 'lndir://'
-  can be used to create a shadow copy instead. For locations inside the BSP
-  the URL should use ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)`` to define the correct
-  absolute path.
-
-  If no source archive is available, PTXdist can get the source from
-  revision control systems. 'git' and 'svn' are currently supported. Note
-  that this cannot be used to follow a branch! PTXdist will create the
-  archive defined ``<PKG>_SOURCE`` and use it if available.
-
-  Git URLs must either start with 'git://' or end with '.git'. They have a
-  mandatory ``tag=<tagname>`` option. Refer :ref:`gitSources` how to make use of
-  it.
-
-  Svn URLs must start with 'svn://'. They have a mandatory
-  ``rev=r<number>`` option.
-
-``<PKG>_SOURCE``
-  The location of the downloaded source archive. There should be no reason
-  to set this to anything other than
-  ``$(SRCDIR)/$(<PKG>).$(<PKG>_SUFFIX)``.
-
-  For local URLs (``file://`` or ``lndir://``) ``<PKG>_SOURCE`` must not be
-  set.
-
-``<PKG>_DIR``
-  This is the directory where the source archive is extracted. In most
-  cases this is set to ``$(BUILDDIR)/$(<PKG>)``. However, if two packages
-  use the same source archive, then something else must be used to make
-  sure that they use different directories. See the rules for 'gdb' and
-  'gdbserver' for an example.
-
-``<PKG>_LICENSE``
-  The license of the package. The SPDX license identifiers should be used
-  here. Use ``proprietary`` for proprietary packages and ``ignore`` for
-  packages without their own license, e.g. meta packages or packages that
-  only install files from ``projectroot/``.
-
-``<PKG>_LICENSE_FILES``
-  A space separated list of URLs of license text files. The URLs must be
-  ``file://`` URLs relative to ``<PKG>_DIR``. Absolute URLs using
-  ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)`` can be used in case the license text is missing
-  in the upstream archive. Arguments are appended with ';' as separator.
-  The ``md5=<md5sum>`` argument is mandatory. It defines the md5 checksum
-  of the full license text. ``startline=<number>;endline=<number>`` can be
-  used in case the specified file contains more than just the license text,
-  e.g. if the license is in the header of a source file. For non ASCII or
-  UTF-8 files the encoding can be specified with ``encoding=<enc>``.
-
-For most packages the variables described above are undefined by default.
-However, for cross and host packages these variables default to the value
-of the corresponding target package if it exists.
-
-``<PKG>_CONFIG``
-  This variable specifies a configuration file of some kind for the
-  packages. For packages with ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` set to ``kconfig`` the
-  variable must specify an absolute path to the kconfig file. For image
-  packages that use genimage, PTXdist will look for
-  ``config/images/$(<PKG>_CONFIG)`` in the BSP and PTXdist in the usual
-  search order.
-
-``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL``
-  When PTXdist extracts source archives, it will create ``<PKG>_DIR``
-  first and then extracts the archive there. If ``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL`` is
-  set to 1 (the default) then PTXdist removes the first directory level
-  defined inside the archive. For most packages that this is the same as
-  just extracting the archive. However, this is useful for packages with
-  badly named top-level directories or packages where the directory must be
-  renamed to avoid collisions (e.g. gdbserver).
-
-  The main use-case for ``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL`` is to set it to 0 for
-  packages without a top-level directory.
-
-  In theory ``<PKG>_STRIP_LEVEL`` could be set to 2 or more to remove more
-  than one directory level.
-
-``<PKG>_BUILD_OOT``
-  If this is set to ``YES`` then PTXdist will build the package out of
-  tree. This is only supported for autoconf, qmake and cmake packages. The
-  default is ``YES`` for cmake packages and ``NO`` for everything else.
-  It will use ``$(<PKG>_DIR)-build`` as build directory.
-
-  This is especially useful for ``file://`` URLS that point to directories to
-  keep the source tree free of build files.
-
-``<PKG>_SUBDIR``
-  This is a directory relative to ``<PKG>_DIR``. If set, all build
-  operations are executed in this directory instead. By default
-  ``<PKG>_SUBDIR`` is undefined so all operations are executed in the
-  top-level directory.
-
-Build Environment for all Stages
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-``<PKG>_PATH``
-  This variable defines the PATH used by all build stages. It is evaluated
-  as is, so it must start with ``PATH=``. If undefined, PTXdist will use
-  ``PATH=$(CROSS_PATH)`` for target packages ``PATH=$(HOST_PATH)`` for host
-  packages and ``PATH=$(HOST_CROSS_PATH)`` for cross packages. It must be
-  set by packages that use the variable locally in the make file or if more
-  directories are added, e.g. to
-  ``PATH=$(PTXDIST_SYSROOT_CROSS)/bin/qt5:$(CROSS_PATH)`` for packages that
-  use qmake from Qt5.
-
-``<PKG>_CFLAGS``, ``<PKG>_CPPFLAGS``, ``<PKG>_LDFLAGS``
-  Compiler, preprocessor and linker are never called directly in PTXdist.
-  Instead, wrapper scripts are called that expand the command line before
-  calling the actual tool. These variables can be used to influence these
-  wrappers. The specified flags are added to the command line when
-  appropriate. In most cases this it the preferred way to add additional
-  flags. Adding them via environment variables or ``make`` arguments can
-  have unexpected side effects, such as as overwriting existing defaults.
-
-``<PKG>_WRAPPER_BLACKLIST``
-  PTXdist has several options in the platformconfig that inject options in
-  the compiler command line. This is used, for example, to add hardening
-  options or change the debug options. This can occasionally cause problems
-  for packages that use the compiler in certain ways, such as the Linux
-  kernel or various bootloaders. With this variable a package can disable
-  individual options by setting it to a space separated list of the
-  corresponding Kconfig symbols (without the ``PTXCONF_`` prefix).
-
-Prepare Stage
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-``<PKG>_CONF_ENV``
-  The environment for the prepare stage. If undefined, PTXdist will use
-  ``$(CROSS_ENV)`` for target packages, ``$(HOST_ENV)`` for host packages
-  and ``$(HOST_CROSS_ENV)`` for cross packages. It must be set by packages
-  that use the variable locally in the make file or if extra variables are
-  added. In this case the definition should start with the default value.
-
-``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL``
-  This variable defines what tool is used to configure the package in the
-  prepare stage. Possible values are:
-
-   - ``NO`` to do nothing in the prepare stage.
-   - ``autoconf`` for packages that use autoconf
-   - ``qmake`` for qmake based packages. Note: the required Qt version must
-     be selected.
-   - ``cmake`` for cmake based packages. Note ``HOST_CMAKE`` must be
-     selected to ensure, that cmake is available for configuration.
-   - ``kconfig`` for kconfig based packages. Note ``<PKG>_CONFIG`` must be
-     set as described above.
-   - ``perl`` for perl modules.
-   - ``python`` or ``python3`` for Python packages with a normal setup.py.
-
-``<PKG>_CONF_OPT``
-  This variable adds arguments to the command-line of the configuration
-  tool. If undefined, PTXdist will use a default value that depends on the
-  configuration tool of the package. This default value should also be used
-  when adding additional options. The following defaults exist:
-
-   - autoconf:
-     ``$(CROSS_AUTOCONF_USR)``/``$(HOST_AUTOCONF)``/``$(HOST_CROSS_AUTOCONF)``
-     for target/host/cross packages.
-   - cmake: ``$(CROSS_CMAKE_USR)``/``$(HOST_CMAKE_OPT)`` for target/host
-     packages. Cross packages cannot be built with cmake
-   - qmake: ``$(CROSS_QMAKE_OPT)`` for host packages. Host and cross
-     packages cannot be built with qmake.
-
-  All other configuration tools have no default options. This variable is
-  ignored for kconfig and python/python3.
-
-.. _vars_compile:
-
-Compile Stage
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-``<PKG>_MAKE_ENV``
-  This variables defines additional environment variables for the compile
-  stage. In most cases this variable remains undefined because all
-  necessary defines are picked up in the prepare stage. For python/python3
-  packages PTXdist will use the default value from ``<PKG>_CONF_ENV``.
-  For packages without configuration tool this must be set correctly,
-  usually based on the ``<PKG>_CONF_ENV`` default values, e,g.
-  ``$(CROSS_ENV)`` for target packages.
-
-``<PKG>_MAKE_OPT``
-  This variables defines additional parameters to be forwarded to ``make`` in
-  order to build the package. It defaults to nothing to let ``make`` traditionally
-  build the first defined target.
-
-``<PKG>_MAKE_PAR``
-  This variables informs PTXdist, if this package can be built in parallel. Some
-  (mostly very smart selfmade) buildsystems fail doing so. In this case this
-  variable can be set to ``NO``. PTXdist will then build this package with one
-  CPU only. The default is, to build packages in parallel.
-
-.. _vars_install:
-
-Install Stage
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-``<PKG>_INSTALL_OPT``
-  This variable defaults to ``install`` which is used as a *target* for ``make``.
-  It can be overwritten if the package needs a special target to install its
-  results.
-
-.. _pkg_pkgdir:
-
-``<PKG>_PKGDIR``
-  This variable must not be set by the user. It defines package
-  install directory. All files will be installed relative to this
-  directory. It can be used by manual install stages. It is defined as
-  ``$(PKGDIR)/$(<PKG>)`` which expands to
-  ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.1.0`` on our *foo* example.
-
-Targetinstall Stage
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The *targetinstall* stage has no additional variables.
-
-.. _image_packages:
-
-Image Packages
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-Image packages use a different set of variables. They have the same
-``<PKG>`` and ``<PKG>_DIR`` variables as other packages, but the rest is
-different.
-
-``<PKG>_IMAGE``
-  This is the filename of the image that is created by the rule. This is
-  usually ``$(IMAGEDIR)/<image-file-name>``.
-
-``<PKG>_FILES``
-  This is a list of tar balls that are extracted to generate the content of
-  the image. PTXdist will add the necessary dependencies to these files to
-  recreate the image as needed. If a tar ball is created by another PTXdist
-  package then this package should be selected in the menu file.
-
-``<PKG>_PKGS``
-  This is another mechanism to add files to the image. It can be uses
-  instead of or in addition to ``<PKG>_FILES``. It must be set to a list of
-  ptxdist packages (the lowercase name of the packages). PTXdist will add
-  the necessary dependencies.
-
-  Note that this will not ensure that the packages are enabled or that all
-  all package dependencies are satisfied. ``$(PTX_PACKAGES_INSTALL)`` can
-  be used to specify all enabled packages. Or ``$(call ptx/collection,
-  $(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/configs/<collection-file-name>)`` can be uses to to
-  specify the packages enabled by this collection. In both cases ``=`` must
-  be uses instead of ``:=`` due to the makefile include order.
-
-``<PKG>_CONFIG``
-  ``genimage`` packages use this to specify the ``genimage`` configuration
-  file. PTXdist will search for the specified file name in
-  ``config/images/`` in the BSP, platform and PTXdist in the usual search
-  order.
-
-``<PKG>_NFSROOT``
-  If this is set to ``YES`` then PTXdist will create a special nfsroot
-  directory that contains only the files from the packages specified in
-  ``<PKG>_PKGS``. This is useful if the normal nfsroot directory contains
-  conflicting files from multiple images. The created nfsroot directory is
-  ``<platform-dir>/nfsroot/<image-name>``.
-
-``<PKG>_LABEL``
-  This is a tar label to put on an image. This is supported by
-  ``image-root-tgz`` and images created with the ``image-tgz`` template.
-
-.. _reference_macros:
-
-Rule File Macro Reference
--------------------------
-
-Rules files in PTXdist are using macros to get things work. Its highly
-recommended to use these macros instead of doing something by ourself. Using these
-macros is portable and such easier to maintain in the case a project should be
-upgraded to a more recent PTXdist version.
-
-This chapter describes the predefined macros in PTXdist and their usage.
-
-Whenever one of these macros installs something to the target's root filesystem,
-it also accepts user and group IDs which are common in all filesystems Linux
-supports. These IDs can be given as numerical values and as text strings.
-In the case text strings are given PTXdist converts them into the
-corresponding numerical value based on the BSP local files :file:`passwd` and :file:`group`.
-If more than one file with these names are present in the BSP PTXdist follows
-its regular rules which one it prefers.
-
-Many paths shown here contains some parts in angle brackets. These have
-special meanings in this document.
-
-**<platform>**
-  The name of a platform. Corresponds to the variable
-  ``PTXCONF_PLATFORM``
-**<platform-src>**
-  The directory where the platform is defined. Corresponds to the variable
-  ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR``
-**<platform-dir>**
-  Concatenated directory name with a leading *platform-* and the name of the
-  selected platform name, e.g. <platform>. If the name of the currently active
-  platform is *foo*, the final directory name is *platform-foo*.
-  Corresponds to the variable ``PTXDIST_PLATFORMDIR``
-
-.. note:: The list of supported macros is not complete yet.
-
-targetinfo
-~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call targetinfo)
-
-Gives a feedback, what build *stage* is just started. That's why it
-should always be the first call for each *stage*. For the package
-*foo* and the *compile stage* it will output:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
- --------------------
- target: foo.compile
- --------------------
-
-touch
-~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call touch)
-
-Gives a feedback, what build *stage* is just finished. That's why it
-should always be the last call for each *stage*. For the package
-*foo* and the *compile stage* it will output:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
- finished target foo.compile
-
-clean
-~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call clean, <directory path>)
-
-Removes the given directory ``<directory path>``
-
-.. _install_copy:
-
-world/get, world/extract, world/prepare, world/compile, world/install
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call world/get, <PKG>)
-
-The same for all other macros. These are the default build commands for the
-corresponding stages. For more details see the documentation of the default
-stages below.
-
-compile
-~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call compile, <PKG>, <build arguments>)
-
-This macro is very similar to ``world/compile``. The only differences is
-that is uses the specified ``build arguments`` instead of
-``<PKG>_MAKE_OPT``. This is usefull if ``make`` needs to be called more
-than once in the compile stage.
-
-world/execute, execute
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call execute, <PKG>, <command with arguments>)
- $(call world/execute, <PKG>, <command with arguments>)
-
-These macros make it possible to execute arbitrary commands during the
-build stages. This is usefull because the environment is identical to the
-default build commands ``world/*``.
-
-``world/execute`` also handles the generic setup handled in the current
-build stage. For ``prepare`` this means that, for out ot tree builds, the
-build directory is deleted prior to executing the specified command.
-For ``install`` the package directory is deleted.
-
-When ``--verbose`` is used then the full command is logged. With
-``--quiet`` both stdout and stderr are redirected to the logfile.
-
-install_copy
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_copy, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <permission>, <source> [, <dest> [, <strip> ]])
-
-Installs given file or directory into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-**<permission>**
-  Permission (in an octal value) the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-
-The remaining parameters vary with the use case:
-
-The ``<source>`` parameter can be:
-
-* a directory path that should be created in the target's root filesystem.
-  In this case the <destination> must be omitted.
-  The given path must always start with a ``/`` and means the root
-  of the target's filesystem.
-* an absolute path to a file that should be copied to the target's root
-  filesystem. To avoid fixed paths, all packages are providing the
-  <PKG>_DIR variable. So, this parameter in our
-  *foo* example package can be a ``$(FOO_DIR)/foo``.
-* a minus sign (``-``). PTXdist uses the <destination>
-  parameter in this case to locate the file to copy from. 
-  The <destination> is uses a path relative to the :ref:`package install
-  directory<pkg_pkgdir>`. This only works if the package uses the default
-  or a similar *install* stage. For our *foo* example used source file is
-  ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.1.0/<destination>``.
-
-The ``<dest>`` parameter can be:
-
-* omitted if a directory in target's root filesystem should be created.
-  For this case the directory to be created is in the <source> parameter.
-* an absolute path and filename with its root in target's root filesystem.
-  It must start with a slash (``//``). If also the <source>
-  parameter was given, the file can be renamed while copying.
-  If the <source> parameter was given as a minus
-  sign (``-``) the <destination> is also used to
-  locate the source. For our *foo* example package if we give
-  <destination> as ``/usr/bin/foo``, PTXdist
-  copies the file ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.1.0/usr/bin/foo``
-
-The ``<strip>`` is a complete optional parameter to prevent
-this macro from the regular stripping process it does on files. Most of the cases
-stripping debug information from files is intended. But some kind of files getting
-destroyed when this stripping happens to them. One example is a Linux kernel module.
-If it gets stripped, it can't be loaded into the kernel anymore.
-
-**full strip**
-  fully strip the file while installing when this parameter is **y** or not
-  given at all (default case).
-**partially strip**
-  only strips real debug information from the file when this parameter is
-  **k**. Useful to keep Linux kernel module loadable at run-time
-**no strip**
-  preserve the file from being stripped when this parameter is one of the
-  following: **0**, **n**, **no**, **N** or **NO**.
-
-Due to the complexity of this macro, here are some usage examples:
-
-Create a directory in the root filesystem:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, /home/user-foo)
-
-Copy a file from the package build directory to the root filesystem:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, $(FOO_DIR)/foo, /usr/bin/foo)
-
-Copy a file from the package build directory to the root filesystem and rename
-it:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, $(FOO_DIR)/foo, /usr/bin/bar)
-
-Copy a file from the package install directory to the root filesystem:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_copy, foo, 0, 0, 0755, -, /usr/bin/foo)
-
-.. _install_tree,reference:
-
-install_tree
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_tree, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <source dir>, <destination dir>)
-
-Installs the whole directory tree with all files from the given directory into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
-  or ``-`` to keep the UID from the source tree
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
-  or ``-`` to keep the GID from the source tree
-**<source dir>**
-  This is the path to the tree of directories and files to be installed. It can
-  be ``-`` to use the package directory of the current package instead
-**<destination dir>**
-  The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
-
-Note: This installation macro
-
-* uses the same permission flags in the destination dir as found
-  in the source dir. This is valid for directories and regular files
-* skips all directories with names like ``.svn``, ``.git``, ``.pc`` and
-  ``CVS`` in the source directory
-
-Examples:
-
-Install the whole tree found in ``/home/jbe/foo`` to the root filesystem
-at location ``/usr/share/bar``.
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_tree, foo, 0, 0, /home/jbe/foo, /usr/share/bar)
-
-Install all files from the tree found in the current package FOO to the root
-filesystem at location ``/usr/share/bar``.
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_tree, foo, 0, 0, -, /usr/share/bar)
-
-If the current package is ``foo-1.0`` the base path for the directory tree
-will be ``$(PKGDIR)/foo-1.0/usr/share/bar``.
-
-install_alternative_tree
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_alternative_tree, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <destination dir>)
-
-Installs the whole source directory tree with all files from the given directory into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-The ``<destination dir>`` is used like in the ``install_alternative`` to let
-PTXdist search in the same directories and order for the given directory.
-
-Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
-  or ``-`` to keep the UID from the source
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root
-  filesystem or ``-`` to keep the GID from the source
-**<destination dir>**
-  The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
-
-.. note:: This installation macro
-
-  * uses the same permission flags in the destination dir as found in the source
-    dir. This is valid for directories and regular files
-  * skips all directories with names like ``.svn``, ``.git``, ``.pc`` and ``CVS``
-    in the source directory
-
-Examples:
-
-Install the whole tree found in project's ``projectroot/usr/share/bar``
-to the root filesystem at location ``/usr/share/bar``.
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_alternative_tree, foo, 0, 0, /usr/share/bar)
-
-To install nothing, use a symlink to ``/dev/null`` instead of the base
-directory. See :ref:`install_alternative` for more details.
-
-.. _install_alternative:
-
-install_alternative
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_alternative, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <permission>, <destination>)
-
-Installs given files or directories into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-The base parameters and their meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-**<permission>**
-  Permission (in an octal value) the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-
-The parameter <destination> is meant as an absolute path
-and filename in target's root filesystem. PTXdist searches for the source
-of this file in:
-
-* the local project
-* in the used platform
-* PTXdist's install path
-* in the current package
-
-As this search algorithm is complex, here an example for the file
-``/etc/foo`` in package ``FOO``. PTXdist will search for this
-file in the following order:
-
-* project's directory ``projectroot.<platform>/etc/foo``
-* project's directory ``projectroot/etc/foo.<platform>``
-* platform's directory ``<platform-src>/projectroot/etc/foo.<platform>``
-* project's directory ``projectroot/etc/foo``
-* platform's directory ``<platform-src>/projectroot/etc/foo``
-* ptxdist's directory ``projectroot/etc/foo``
-* package's directory ``$(FOO_PKGDIR)/etc/foo``
-* package's directory ``$(FOO_DIR)/etc/foo``
-
-The generic rules are looking like the following:
-
-* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/projectroot$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)/etc/foo``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/projectroot/etc/foo$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/projectroot/etc/foo$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/projectroot/etc/foo``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/projectroot/etc/foo``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_TOPDIR)/projectroot/etc/foo``
-* ``$(FOO_PKGDIR)/etc/foo``
-* ``$(FOO_DIR)/etc/foo``
-
-Note: You can get the current values for the listed variables above via running
-PTXdist with the ``print`` parameter:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
- $ ptxdist print PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX
-
-``install_alternative`` is used by upstream PTXdist packages to install
-config files. In some rare use-cases the file should not be installed at
-all. For example if the config file is generated at runtime or provided by
-a special configuration package. This is possible by creating a symlink to
-``/dev/null`` instead of a file at one of the locations described above.
-PTXdist skips installing the file if it detects such a symlink.
-
-install_link
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_link, <package>, <point to>, <where>)
-
-Installs a symbolic link into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-The parameters and their meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<point to>**
-  Path and name the link should point to. Note: This macro rejects absolute
-  paths. If needed use relative paths instead.
-**<where>**
-  Path and name of the symbolic link.
-
-A few usage examples.
-
-Create a symbolic link as ``/usr/lib/libfoo.so`` pointing to
-``libfoo.so.1.1.0`` in the same directory:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_link, foo, libfoo.so.1.1.0, /usr/lib/libfoo.so)
-
-Create a symbolic link as ``/usr/bin/foo`` pointing to ``/bin/bar``:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_link, foo, ../../bin/bar, /usr/bin/foo)
-
-.. _install_archive:
-
-install_archive
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_archive, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <archive> , <base path>)
-
-Installs archives content into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-All parameters have fixed meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID all files and directory of the archive should use in the target's
-  root filesystem. A ``-`` uses the file's/directory's UID in the archive
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the files and directories should use in the target's root filesystem.
-  A ``-`` uses the file's/directory's GID in the archive
-**<archive>**
-  Name of the archive to be used in this call. The given path and filename is
-  used as is
-**<base path>**
-  Base path component in the root filesystem the archive should be extracted
-  to. Can be just ``/`` for root.
-
-install_glob
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_glob, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <source dir>, <destination dir>, <yglob>, <nglob>[, <strip>])
-
-Installs parts of a directory tree with all files from the given directory
-into:
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
-  or ``-`` to keep the UID from the source tree
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
-  or ``-`` to keep the GID from the source tree
-**<source dir>**
-  This is the path to the tree of directories and files to be installed. It can
-  be ``-`` to use the package directory of the current package instead
-**<destination dir>**
-  The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
-**<yglob>**
-  A list of pathname patterns. All files or directories that match _any_
-  pattern in the list are installed. Note: the patterns must match the
-  whole absolute path, e.g. ``*/foo``. An empty list is equivalent to a
-  pattern that matches all files.
-**<nglob>**
-  Like ``<yglob>`` but any matching files or directories will not be
-  installed. For directories, this includes the whole contents of the
-  directory.
-
-Except for the pathname patterns, this command works like ``install_tree``.
-The ``<yglob>`` and ``<nglob>`` patterns are combined: Only files that
-match ``<yglob>`` and do not match ``<nglob>`` are installed.
-
-Examples:
-
-Install all shared libraries found in ``$(FOO_PKGDIR)/usr/lib/foo`` except
-libbar.so
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_glob, foo, 0, 0, -, /usr/lib/foo, *.so, */libbar.so)
-
-install_lib
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_lib, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <permission>, <libname>)
-
-Installs the shared library <libname> into the root filesystem.
-
-* the project's ``<platform-dir>/root/``
-* an ipkg/opkg packet in the project's ``<platform-dir>/packages/``
-
-The parameters and their meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<UID>**
-  User ID the file should use in the target's root filesystem
-**<GID>**
-  Group ID the directories and files should use in the target's root filesystem
-**<permission>**
-  Permission (as an octal value) the library should use in the target's root
-  filesystem (mostly 0644)
-**<libname>**
-  Basename of the library without any extension and path
-
-The ``install_lib`` macro searches for the library at the most
-common directories ``/lib`` and ``/usr/lib``. And it searches always
-in the package's corresponding directory in ``<platform-dir>/packages/``.
-It also handles all required links to make the library work at run-time.
-
-An example.
-
-Lets assume the package 'foo-1.0.0' has installed the library ``libfoo`` into
-its ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0`` at:
-
-* the lib: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so.0.0.0``
-* first link: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so.0``
-* second link: ``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/usr/lib/libfoo1.so``
-
-.. note:: The second link is only needed  for the linker at build-time to
-   resolve ``-lfoo1``. It is not needed at run-time so ``install_lib`` will
-   skip it.
-
-To install this library and its corresponding link, the following line does the job:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_lib, foo, 0, 0, 0644, libfoo1)
-
-Note: The package's install stage must be 'DESTDIR' aware to be able to make
-it install its content into the corresponding packages directory (in our example
-``<platform-dir>/packages/foo-1.0.0/`` here).
-
-install_replace
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- $(call install_replace, <package>, <filename>, <placeholder>, <value>)
-
-Replace placeholder with value in a previously installed file.
-
-The parameters and their meanings:
-
-**<package>**
-  Name of the IPKG/OPKG the macro should work on
-**<filename>**
-  Absolute filepath in target root filesystem
-**<placeholder>**
-  A string in the file which should be replaced. Usually some uppercase word
-  surrounded by @ signs
-**<value>**
-  The value which should appear in the root filesystem instead of the
-  placeholder, could be some PTXCONF variable
-
-The ``install_replace`` macro can be used in targetinstall stage to adapt
-some template and replace strings with content from menu variables or other
-sources. For example look at the timezone you set in the ptxdist menu. An
-``install_replace`` call in ``rules/timezone.make`` replaces the string
-``@TIMEZONE@`` in the file ``/etc/timezone`` in root filesystem with the
-content of the menu variable ``PTXCONF_TIMEZONE_LOCALTIME``. The file must
-be installed with some other ``install_*`` command before
-``install_replace`` can be used. A typical call would look like this:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-   $(STATEDIR)/timezone.targetinstall:
-        ...
-   	@$(call install_replace, timezone, /etc/timezone, @TIMEZONE@, \
-   		$(PTXCONF_TIMEZONE_LOCALTIME))
-
-.. _param_macros:
-
-.. _ptxEndis:
-
-ptx/endis
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into an ``enable/disable``
-string use the ``ptx/endis`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``enable``, if unset to ``disable`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- --$(call ptx/endis, <variable>)-<parameter>
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/endis,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --enable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --disable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-Refer :ref:`ptxDisen` for the opposite string expansion.
-
-.. _ptxDisen:
-
-ptx/disen
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``disable/enable``
-string use the ``ptx/disen`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``disable``, if unset to ``enable`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- --$(call ptx/disen, <variable>)-<parameter>
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/disen,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --disable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --enable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-Refer :ref:`ptxEndis` for the opposite string expansion.
-
-ptx/wwo
-~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``with/without``
-string use the ``ptx/wwo`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``with``, if unset to ``without`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- --$(call ptx/wwo, <variable>)-<parameter>
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/wwo,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --without-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-ptx/ifdef
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into one of two strings use the
-``ptx/ifdef`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the first given string, if unset to the second given string.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- --with-something=$(call ptx/ifdef, <variable>, <first-string>, <second-string)
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=$(call ptx/ifdef,FOO_VARIABLE,/usr,none)
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=/usr (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=none (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-ptx/truefalse
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``true/false``
-string use the ``ptx/truefalse`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``true``, if unset to ``false`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- -Dwith-something=$(call ptx/truefalse,<variable>)
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=$(call ptx/truefalse,<variable>)
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=true (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=false (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-ptx/get-alternative
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-This macro can be used to find files or directories in the BSP and PTXdist.
-There are two arguments, **prefix** and **file**. The search path is very
-similar to :ref:`install_alternative`. The first existing location of the
-following paths is returned:
-
-* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/$(prefix)$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)/$(file)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/$(prefix)/$(file)$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(prefix)/$(file)$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMSUFFIX)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_WORKSPACE)/$(prefix)/$(file)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(prefix)/$(file)``
-* ``$(PTXDIST_TOPDIR)/$(prefix)/$(file)``
-
-
-.. _in_path:
-
-ptx/in-path
-~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-This macro can be used to find files or directories in the BSP and PTXdist.
-There are two arguments, **path variable** and **file**. The **path
-variable** must be a variable name that is available in a shell called by
-**make**. The variable must contain a ``:`` separated list of directories.
-The **file** will be searched in these directories and the first existing
-path is returned. PTXdist defines several variables that can be used here.
-The directories are in the usual search order.
-
--  **PTXDIST_PATH_LAYERS** contains all layers from **PTXDIST_WORKSPACE**
-   to **PTXDIST_TOPDIR**
-
-- **PTXDIST_PATH** is like **PTXDIST_PATH_LAYERS** but also contains the
-  **PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR** for each layer.
-
-- **PTXDIST_PATH_SCRIPTS**, **PTXDIST_PATH_RULES** and
-  **PTXDIST_PATH_PLATFORMS** are like **PTXDIST_PATH** with the extra
-  ``scripts/``, ``rules/`` and ``platforms/`` subdirectory respectively.
-
-Hint: use the :ref:`print<command_print>` command to get the exact list of
-directories for each of these variables.
-
-.. _in_platformconfigdir:
-
-ptx/in-platformconfigdir
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-This macro is only useful with multiple layers. It has one argument
-**file**. The **file** is searched for in the platform directory in
-all layers in the usual search order. It returns the first existing file.
-If none exists it returns ``$(PTXDIST_PLATFORMCONFIGDIR)/$(file)``. This
-avoids unexpected errors due to empty variables if a file is missing.
-
-.. _rulefile:
-
-Rule File Layout
-----------------
-
-Each rule file provides PTXdist with the required steps (in PTXdist called
-*stages*) to be done on a per package base:
-
-1. get
-2. extract
-
-   - extract.post
-
-3. prepare
-4. compile
-5. install
-
-   - install.pack
-   - install.unpack
-   - install.post
-
-6. targetinstall
-
-   - targetinstall.post
-
-Default stage rules
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-As for most packages these steps can be done in a default way, PTXdist
-provides generic rules for each package. If a package’s rule file does
-not provide a specific stage rule, the default stage rule will be used
-instead.
-
-.. Important::
-  Omitting one of the stage rules **does not mean** that PTXdist skips
-  this stage!
-  In this case the default stage rule is used instead.
-
-get Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the *get* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.get:
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call touch)
-
-Which means this step is skipped.
-
-If the package is an archive that must be downloaded from the web, the
-following rule must exist in this case:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(<PKG>_SOURCE):
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call get, <PKG>)
-
-extract Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the *extract* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.extract:
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call clean, $(<PKG>_DIR))
-    	@$(call extract, <PKG>)
-    	@$(call patchin, <PKG>)
-    	@$(call touch)
-
-Which means a current existing directory of this package will be
-removed, the archive gets freshly extracted again and (if corresponding
-patches are found) patched.
-
-extract.post Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-This is an optional stage, mainly used to somehow prepare a package for the
-next *prepare* stage step. This stage can be used to generate a ``configure``
-script out of an autotoolized ``configure.ac`` file for example. This separation
-from the *extract* stage is useful to be able to extract a package for a quick
-look into the sources without the need to build all the autotools first. The
-autotoolized PTXdist templates makes use of this feature. Refer
-:ref:`adding_src_autoconf_templates` for further details.
-
-prepare Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the *prepare* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs a default stage rule,
-which looks like this:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.prepare:
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call world/prepare, <PKG>)
-    	@$(call touch)
-
-What ``world/prepare`` does depends on some variable settings.
-
-If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to ``NO``,
-this stage is simply does nothing.
-
-All rules files can create the ``<PKG>_CONF_ENV`` variable and should
-define it at least to ``$(CROSS_ENV)`` (the default) if the prepare stage
-is used.
-
-If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to
-``autoconf`` (``FOO_CONF_TOOL = autoconf`` for our *foo* example),
-PTXdist treats this package as an autotoolized package and
-``world/prepare`` expands to something like this:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    cd ${<PKG>_DIR}/${<PKG>_SUBDIR} && \
-    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_CONF_ENV} \
-    	./configure ${<PKG>_CONF_OPT}
-
-The ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` should at least be defined to
-``$(CROSS_AUTOCONF_USR)``.
-
-If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to ``cmake``
-(``FOO_CONF_TOOL = cmake`` for our *foo* example), PTXdist treats this
-package as a *cmake* based package and ``world/prepare`` expands to
-something like this:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
-    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_CONF_ENV} \
-    	cmake ${<PKG>_CONF_OPT}
-
-The ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` should at least be defined to
-``$(CROSS_CMAKE_USR)`` or ``$(CROSS_CMAKE_ROOT)``.
-
-If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to ``qmake``
-(``FOO_CONF_TOOL = qmake`` for our *foo* example), PTXdist treats this
-package as a *qmake* based package and ``world/prepare`` expands to
-something like this:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
-    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_CONF_ENV} \
-    	qmake ${<PKG>_CONF_OPT}
-
-The ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` should at least be defined to
-``$(CROSS_QMAKE_OPT)``.
-
-compile Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the *compile* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.compile:
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call world/compile, <PKG>)
-    	@$(call touch)
-
-Except in some corner cases, ``world/compile`` expands to something like
-this:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
-    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_MAKE_ENV} \
-    	${MAKE} ${<PKG>_MAKE_OPT} ${PARALLELMFLAGS}
-
-The variables that are used here are described in the :ref:`Compile
-Stage<vars_compile>` section of the variable reference.
-
-``PARALLELMFLAGS`` can be used in custom compile stages. The default stage
-uses the same value if ``<PKG>_MAKE_PAR`` is set to ``YES``.
-
-install Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-If the *install* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.install:
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call world/install, <PKG>)
-    	@$(call touch)
-
-Except in some corner cases, ``world/install`` expands to something like
-this:
-
-.. code-block:: sh
-
-    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
-    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_MAKE_ENV} \
-    	${MAKE} ${<PKG>_INSTALL_OPT}
-
-The variables that are used here are described in the :ref:`Install
-Stage<vars_install>` section of the variable reference.
-
-At the end of this stage, all relevant files must be installed in the
-:ref:`package install directory<pkg_pkgdir>`.
-
-install.pack Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The *install.pack* should not be overwritten. It consists of two steps. The
-first is, to make the installed files relocatable. This is necessary to
-ensure that everything works correctly once the files are copied to
-*sysroot* in *install.post*. If creating :ref:`pre-built archives<devpkgs>`
-is enabled, then the second step is to create the archive for the package.
-
-install.unpack Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The *install.unpack* is only executed if using :ref:`pre-built
-archives<devpkgs>` is enabled. In this case, it replaces all previous
-stages. Here, the pre-built is extract.
-
-install.post Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The *install.post* is mostly internal. Few packages need to customize it.
-It copies all files from the :ref:`package install directory<pkg_pkgdir>`
-into the corresponding *sysroot*.
-
-targetinstall Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-There is no default rule for a package’s *targetinstall* state. PTXdist
-has no idea what is required on the target at run-time. This stage is up
-to the developer only. Refer to section :ref:`reference_macros`
-for further info on how to select files to be included in the target’s
-root filesystem.
-
-targetinstall.post Stage Default Rule
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The *targetinstall.post* stage does nothing by default. It can be used to
-do some work after the *targetinstall* stage.
-
-Skipping a Stage
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-For the case that a specific stage should be really skipped, an empty rule must
-be provided:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
-    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.<stage_to_skip>:
-    	@$(call targetinfo)
-    	@$(call touch)
-
-Replace the <stage_to_skip> by ``get``, ``extract``, ``prepare``,
-``compile``, ``install`` or ``targetinstall``.
+.. include:: ref_make_variables.inc
+.. include:: ref_make_macros.inc
+.. include:: ref_rule_file_layout.inc
 
 .. _ptxdist_parameter_reference:
 
diff --git a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea7eb8c4903d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+.. _rulefile:
+
+Rule File Layout
+----------------
+
+Each rule file provides PTXdist with the required steps (in PTXdist called
+*stages*) to be done on a per package base:
+
+1. get
+2. extract
+
+   - extract.post
+
+3. prepare
+4. compile
+5. install
+
+   - install.pack
+   - install.unpack
+   - install.post
+
+6. targetinstall
+
+   - targetinstall.post
+
+Default stage rules
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+As for most packages these steps can be done in a default way, PTXdist
+provides generic rules for each package. If a package’s rule file does
+not provide a specific stage rule, the default stage rule will be used
+instead.
+
+.. Important::
+  Omitting one of the stage rules **does not mean** that PTXdist skips
+  this stage!
+  In this case the default stage rule is used instead.
+
+get Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the *get* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.get:
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call touch)
+
+Which means this step is skipped.
+
+If the package is an archive that must be downloaded from the web, the
+following rule must exist in this case:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(<PKG>_SOURCE):
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call get, <PKG>)
+
+extract Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the *extract* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.extract:
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call clean, $(<PKG>_DIR))
+    	@$(call extract, <PKG>)
+    	@$(call patchin, <PKG>)
+    	@$(call touch)
+
+Which means a current existing directory of this package will be
+removed, the archive gets freshly extracted again and (if corresponding
+patches are found) patched.
+
+extract.post Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This is an optional stage, mainly used to somehow prepare a package for the
+next *prepare* stage step. This stage can be used to generate a ``configure``
+script out of an autotoolized ``configure.ac`` file for example. This separation
+from the *extract* stage is useful to be able to extract a package for a quick
+look into the sources without the need to build all the autotools first. The
+autotoolized PTXdist templates makes use of this feature. Refer
+:ref:`adding_src_autoconf_templates` for further details.
+
+prepare Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the *prepare* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs a default stage rule,
+which looks like this:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.prepare:
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call world/prepare, <PKG>)
+    	@$(call touch)
+
+What ``world/prepare`` does depends on some variable settings.
+
+If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to ``NO``,
+this stage is simply does nothing.
+
+All rules files can create the ``<PKG>_CONF_ENV`` variable and should
+define it at least to ``$(CROSS_ENV)`` (the default) if the prepare stage
+is used.
+
+If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to
+``autoconf`` (``FOO_CONF_TOOL = autoconf`` for our *foo* example),
+PTXdist treats this package as an autotoolized package and
+``world/prepare`` expands to something like this:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    cd ${<PKG>_DIR}/${<PKG>_SUBDIR} && \
+    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_CONF_ENV} \
+    	./configure ${<PKG>_CONF_OPT}
+
+The ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` should at least be defined to
+``$(CROSS_AUTOCONF_USR)``.
+
+If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to ``cmake``
+(``FOO_CONF_TOOL = cmake`` for our *foo* example), PTXdist treats this
+package as a *cmake* based package and ``world/prepare`` expands to
+something like this:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
+    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_CONF_ENV} \
+    	cmake ${<PKG>_CONF_OPT}
+
+The ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` should at least be defined to
+``$(CROSS_CMAKE_USR)`` or ``$(CROSS_CMAKE_ROOT)``.
+
+If the package’s rule file defines ``<PKG>_CONF_TOOL`` to ``qmake``
+(``FOO_CONF_TOOL = qmake`` for our *foo* example), PTXdist treats this
+package as a *qmake* based package and ``world/prepare`` expands to
+something like this:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
+    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_CONF_ENV} \
+    	qmake ${<PKG>_CONF_OPT}
+
+The ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` should at least be defined to
+``$(CROSS_QMAKE_OPT)``.
+
+compile Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the *compile* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.compile:
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call world/compile, <PKG>)
+    	@$(call touch)
+
+Except in some corner cases, ``world/compile`` expands to something like
+this:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
+    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_MAKE_ENV} \
+    	${MAKE} ${<PKG>_MAKE_OPT} ${PARALLELMFLAGS}
+
+The variables that are used here are described in the :ref:`Compile
+Stage<vars_compile>` section of the variable reference.
+
+``PARALLELMFLAGS`` can be used in custom compile stages. The default stage
+uses the same value if ``<PKG>_MAKE_PAR`` is set to ``YES``.
+
+install Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If the *install* stage is omitted, PTXdist runs instead:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.install:
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call world/install, <PKG>)
+    	@$(call touch)
+
+Except in some corner cases, ``world/install`` expands to something like
+this:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    cd ${<PKG>_DIR} && \
+    	${<PKG>_PATH} ${<PKG>_MAKE_ENV} \
+    	${MAKE} ${<PKG>_INSTALL_OPT}
+
+The variables that are used here are described in the :ref:`Install
+Stage<vars_install>` section of the variable reference.
+
+At the end of this stage, all relevant files must be installed in the
+:ref:`package install directory<pkg_pkgdir>`.
+
+install.pack Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The *install.pack* should not be overwritten. It consists of two steps. The
+first is, to make the installed files relocatable. This is necessary to
+ensure that everything works correctly once the files are copied to
+*sysroot* in *install.post*. If creating :ref:`pre-built archives<devpkgs>`
+is enabled, then the second step is to create the archive for the package.
+
+install.unpack Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The *install.unpack* is only executed if using :ref:`pre-built
+archives<devpkgs>` is enabled. In this case, it replaces all previous
+stages. Here, the pre-built is extract.
+
+install.post Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The *install.post* is mostly internal. Few packages need to customize it.
+It copies all files from the :ref:`package install directory<pkg_pkgdir>`
+into the corresponding *sysroot*.
+
+targetinstall Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+There is no default rule for a package’s *targetinstall* state. PTXdist
+has no idea what is required on the target at run-time. This stage is up
+to the developer only. Refer to section :ref:`reference_macros`
+for further info on how to select files to be included in the target’s
+root filesystem.
+
+targetinstall.post Stage Default Rule
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The *targetinstall.post* stage does nothing by default. It can be used to
+do some work after the *targetinstall* stage.
+
+Skipping a Stage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For the case that a specific stage should be really skipped, an empty rule must
+be provided:
+
+.. code-block:: make
+
+    $(STATEDIR)/<pkg>.<stage_to_skip>:
+    	@$(call targetinfo)
+    	@$(call touch)
+
+Replace the <stage_to_skip> by ``get``, ``extract``, ``prepare``,
+``compile``, ``install`` or ``targetinstall``.
+
+
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[ptxdist] [PATCH 2/4] doc: ref_make_macros: install_tree knows a "strip" parameter too

[Roland Hieber]

From: Roland Hieber <r.hieber@pengutronix.de>

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
 doc/ref_make_macros.inc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ref_make_macros.inc b/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
index 101f53c8d56c..6629726ec6b6 100644
--- a/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
+++ b/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ For ``install`` the package directory is deleted.
 When ``--verbose`` is used then the full command is logged. With
 ``--quiet`` both stdout and stderr are redirected to the logfile.
 
+.. _install_copy,reference:
+
 install_copy
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -242,7 +244,7 @@ Usage:
 
 .. code-block:: make
 
- $(call install_tree, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <source dir>, <destination dir>)
+ $(call install_tree, <package>, <UID>, <GID>, <source dir>, <destination dir>, <strip>])
 
 Installs the whole directory tree with all files from the given directory into:
 
@@ -264,6 +266,8 @@ Some of the parameters have fixed meanings:
   be ``-`` to use the package directory of the current package instead
 **<destination dir>**
   The basename of the to-be-installed tree in the root filesystem
+**<strip>**
+  same as for :ref:`install_copy,reference`.
 
 Note: This installation macro
 
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[ptxdist] [PATCH 3/4] doc: ref_make_macros: merge parameter macros into a single section

[Roland Hieber]

All of these macros can be explained concisely with one table and one
combined example, no need to repeat a whole section and paragraph of the
text for each one of them that only differ in a few words. Also mention
some use cases, and give real-life examples from existing code to better
explain the usage.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
 doc/ref_make_macros.inc | 165 +++++++++++-----------------------------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 119 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/ref_make_macros.inc b/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
index 6629726ec6b6..0f6ea8a7e0d7 100644
--- a/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
+++ b/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
@@ -640,149 +640,76 @@ be installed with some other ``install_*`` command before
    		$(PTXCONF_TIMEZONE_LOCALTIME))
 
 .. _param_macros:
-
 .. _ptxEndis:
-
-ptx/endis
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into an ``enable/disable``
-string use the ``ptx/endis`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``enable``, if unset to ``disable`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- --$(call ptx/endis, <variable>)-<parameter>
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/endis,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --enable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --disable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-Refer :ref:`ptxDisen` for the opposite string expansion.
-
 .. _ptxDisen:
+.. _ptx_wwo:
+.. _ptx_ifdef:
+.. _ptx_truefalse:
 
-ptx/disen
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``disable/enable``
-string use the ``ptx/disen`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``disable``, if unset to ``enable`` instead.
+ptx/endis, ptx/disen, ptx/wwo, ptx/truefalse, ptx/ifdef
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Usage:
 
-.. code-block:: none
-
- --$(call ptx/disen, <variable>)-<parameter>
-
-An example:
-
 .. code-block:: make
 
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/disen,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
+ $(call ptx/endis, VARIABLE)
+ $(call ptx/disen, VARIABLE)
+ $(call ptx/wwo, VARIABLE)
+ $(call ptx/truefalse, VARIABLE)
+ $(call ptx/ifdef, VARIABLE, [expansion-if-true], [expansion-if-false])
 
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+Several macros exist to convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a string.
+These are useful for ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` variables, and expand as follows:
 
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --disable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --enable-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| Macro name         | Expansion if ``VARIABLE`` set | Expansion if ``VARIABLE`` unset | Exemplary use case  |
++====================+===============================+=================================+=====================+
+| ptx/endis          | ``enable``                    | ``disable``                     | autoconf            |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/disen          | ``disable``                   | ``enable``                      | autoconf            |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/wwo            | ``with``                      | ``without``                     | autoconf            |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/truefalse      | ``true``                      | ``false``                       | meson               |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/ifdef          | *the second parameter*        | *the third parameter*           | *(multiple)*        |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
 
-Refer :ref:`ptxEndis` for the opposite string expansion.
-
-ptx/wwo
-~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``with/without``
-string use the ``ptx/wwo`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``with``, if unset to ``without`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- --$(call ptx/wwo, <variable>)-<parameter>
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/wwo,FOO_VARIABLE)-something
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --without-something (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
-
-ptx/ifdef
-~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into one of two strings use the
-``ptx/ifdef`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the first given string, if unset to the second given string.
-
-Usage:
+Some real-life examples:
 
 .. code-block:: make
+ :linenos:
 
- --with-something=$(call ptx/ifdef, <variable>, <first-string>, <second-string)
+ BASH_CONF_OPT      += --$(call ptx/endis, PTXCONF_BASH_DEBUGGER)-debugger
+ OPENOCD_CONF_OPT   += --$(call ptx/disen, PTXCONF_OPENOCD_PARPORT_DISABLE_PARPORT_PPDEV)-parport-ppdev
+ COREUTILS_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/wwo, PTXCONF_GLOBAL_SELINUX)-selinux
+ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Dmicrohttpd=$(call ptx/truefalse,PTXCONF_SYSTEMD_MICROHTTPD)
+ CUPS_CONF_OPT      += $(call ptx/ifdef,PTXCONF_CUPS_PERL,--with-perl=/usr/bin/perl,--without-perl)
 
-An example:
+If the respective variable is set, these statements would expand to:
 
 .. code-block:: make
+ :linenos:
 
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=$(call ptx/ifdef,FOO_VARIABLE,/usr,none)
+ BASH_CONF_OPT      += --enable-debugger
+ OPENOCD_CONF_OPT   += --disable-parport-ppdev
+ COREUTILS_CONF_OPT += --with-selinux
+ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Dmicrohttpd=true
+ CUPS_CONF_OPT      += --with-perl=/usr/bin/perl
 
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
+whereas if the respective variable is unset, they would expand to the opposite:
 
 .. code-block:: make
+ :linenos:
 
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=/usr (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += --with-something=none (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+ BASH_CONF_OPT      += --disable-debugger
+ OPENOCD_CONF_OPT   += --enable-parport-ppdev
+ COREUTILS_CONF_OPT += --without-selinux
 
-ptx/truefalse
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-To convert the state (set/unset) of a variable into a ``true/false``
-string use the ``ptx/truefalse`` macro.
-If the given <variable> is set this macro expands to
-the string ``true``, if unset to ``false`` instead.
-
-Usage:
-
-.. code-block:: none
-
- -Dwith-something=$(call ptx/truefalse,<variable>)
-
-An example:
-
-.. code-block:: make
-
- FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=$(call ptx/truefalse,<variable>)
-
-Depending on the state of FOO_VARIABLE this line results into
-
-.. code-block:: make
+ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Dmicrohttpd=false
 
- FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=true (if FOO_VARIABLE is set)
- FOO_CONF_OPT += -Dwith-something=false (if FOO_VARIABLE is unset)
+ CUPS_CONF_OPT      += --without-perl
 
 ptx/get-alternative
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[ptxdist] [PATCH 4/4] doc: ref_make_macros: document ptx/yesno, ptx/falsetrue, ptx/onoff

[Roland Hieber]

Sort them thematically betweem the existing macros.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
 doc/ref_make_macros.inc | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ref_make_macros.inc b/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
index 0f6ea8a7e0d7..329f3821ce77 100644
--- a/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
+++ b/doc/ref_make_macros.inc
@@ -671,8 +671,14 @@ These are useful for ``<PKG>_CONF_OPT`` variables, and expand as follows:
 +--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
 | ptx/wwo            | ``with``                      | ``without``                     | autoconf            |
 +--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/yesno          | ``yes``                       | ``no``                          | autoconf cache vars |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
 | ptx/truefalse      | ``true``                      | ``false``                       | meson               |
 +--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/falsetrue      | ``false``                     | ``true``                        | meson               |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
+| ptx/onoff          | ``ON``                        | ``OFF``                         | cmake               |
++--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
 | ptx/ifdef          | *the second parameter*        | *the third parameter*           | *(multiple)*        |
 +--------------------+-------------------------------+---------------------------------+---------------------+
 
@@ -684,7 +690,13 @@ Some real-life examples:
  BASH_CONF_OPT      += --$(call ptx/endis, PTXCONF_BASH_DEBUGGER)-debugger
  OPENOCD_CONF_OPT   += --$(call ptx/disen, PTXCONF_OPENOCD_PARPORT_DISABLE_PARPORT_PPDEV)-parport-ppdev
  COREUTILS_CONF_OPT += --$(call ptx/wwo, PTXCONF_GLOBAL_SELINUX)-selinux
+ LESS_CONF_ENV      += ac_cv_lib_ncurses_initscr=$(call ptx/yesno, PTXCONF_LESS_NCURSES)
+
  SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Dmicrohttpd=$(call ptx/truefalse,PTXCONF_SYSTEMD_MICROHTTPD)
+ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Drandomseed=$(call ptx/falsetrue,PTXCONF_SYSTEMD_DISABLE_RANDOM_SEED)
+
+ MYSQL_CONF_OPT     += -DWITH_SYSTEMD=$(call ptx/onoff, PTXCONF_MYSQL_SYSTEMD)
+
  CUPS_CONF_OPT      += $(call ptx/ifdef,PTXCONF_CUPS_PERL,--with-perl=/usr/bin/perl,--without-perl)
 
 If the respective variable is set, these statements would expand to:
@@ -695,7 +707,13 @@ If the respective variable is set, these statements would expand to:
  BASH_CONF_OPT      += --enable-debugger
  OPENOCD_CONF_OPT   += --disable-parport-ppdev
  COREUTILS_CONF_OPT += --with-selinux
+ LESS_CONF_ENV      += ac_cv_lib_ncurses_initscr=yes
+
  SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Dmicrohttpd=true
+ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Drandomseed=false
+
+ MYSQL_CONF_OPT     += -DWITH_SYSTEMD=on
+
  CUPS_CONF_OPT      += --with-perl=/usr/bin/perl
 
 whereas if the respective variable is unset, they would expand to the opposite:
@@ -706,8 +724,12 @@ whereas if the respective variable is unset, they would expand to the opposite:
  BASH_CONF_OPT      += --disable-debugger
  OPENOCD_CONF_OPT   += --enable-parport-ppdev
  COREUTILS_CONF_OPT += --without-selinux
+ LESS_CONF_ENV      += ac_cv_lib_ncurses_initscr=no
 
  SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Dmicrohttpd=false
+ SYSTEMD_CONF_OPT   += -Drandomseed=true
+
+ MYSQL_CONF_OPT     += -DWITH_SYSTEMD=off
 
  CUPS_CONF_OPT      += --without-perl
 
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[ptxdist] [PATCH 5/4] doc: ref_rule_file_layout: document targetinstall inexistence for host- and image- packages

[Roland Hieber]

This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
 doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
index ea7eb8c4903d..f58b07b44817 100644
--- a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
+++ b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ Each rule file provides PTXdist with the required steps (in PTXdist called
 
    - targetinstall.post
 
+.. note::
+
+  Host and image packages don't need to install anything in the target file system.
+  Therefore, PTXdist only respects the *targetinstall* and *targetinstall.post*
+  stages for packages whose name doesn't start with ``host-`` or ``image-``.
+
+  When you want to depend on the output of a certain image package, you can
+  usually use its image name as an `additional prerequisite <make-prereq-types_>`_
+  in your make rule for the dependent stage.
+
+.. _make-prereq-types: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Prerequisite-Types
+
 Default stage rules
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH 5/4] doc: ref_rule_file_layout: document targetinstall inexistence for host- and image- packages

[Alexander Dahl]

Hello everyone,

thanks Roland for addressing this.

Am Freitag, 5. April 2019, 14:33:24 CEST schrieb Roland Hieber:
> This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter.

I want to explain why that came up here today and suggest to add some kind of 
check to report to the user/developer.

I had an ordinary image package named image-fpga, creating a uImage from a 
binary blob lying somewhere in the BSP and copy that to $(IMAGEDIR). For a new 
version of the platform I also needed to have that uImage in the target's 
rootfs (/boot). So I had a look what other packages do (dtc, u-boot) and 
decided to turn the image-package into a usual package, create the uImage in 
the compile stage and copy the result to $(IMAGEDIR) and optionally to the 
target, both in a targetinstall stage. So I thought. Took me three hours, some 
rubberducking and a hint, to realize I had to also rename that package, 
because package names starting with image- / IMAGE_ are treated special by 
ptxdist. :-/

I fear a hint in the docs on that would be easily overlooked, so my question: 
is it possible to add some sanity check to ptxdist to warn the developer about 
this?

Greets
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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH 5/4] doc: ref_rule_file_layout: document targetinstall inexistence for host- and image- packages

[Michael Olbrich]

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 03:17:26PM +0200, Alexander Dahl wrote:
> thanks Roland for addressing this.
> 
> Am Freitag, 5. April 2019, 14:33:24 CEST schrieb Roland Hieber:
> > This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> > of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> > packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter.
> 
> I want to explain why that came up here today and suggest to add some kind of 
> check to report to the user/developer.
> 
> I had an ordinary image package named image-fpga, creating a uImage from a 
> binary blob lying somewhere in the BSP and copy that to $(IMAGEDIR). For a new 
> version of the platform I also needed to have that uImage in the target's 
> rootfs (/boot). So I had a look what other packages do (dtc, u-boot) and 
> decided to turn the image-package into a usual package, create the uImage in 
> the compile stage and copy the result to $(IMAGEDIR) and optionally to the 
> target, both in a targetinstall stage. So I thought. Took me three hours, some 
> rubberducking and a hint, to realize I had to also rename that package, 
> because package names starting with image- / IMAGE_ are treated special by 
> ptxdist. :-/
> 
> I fear a hint in the docs on that would be easily overlooked, so my question: 
> is it possible to add some sanity check to ptxdist to warn the developer about 
> this?

Hmmm, how would we detect this? I don't think make allows me to check if a
specific target is explicitly defined. And packages can use only the
default stages.

Maybe that <PKG>_IMAGE is defined for image packages?
Any other ideas? A lot of stuff is optional so it's not that simple for
normal packages.

Michael

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[ptxdist] [PATCH v2] ptxd_lib_dgen: warn if host or image packages have targetinstall stage

[Roland Hieber]

This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
warn the user if such a make target exists.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 04:18:37PM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> Hmmm, how would we detect this? I don't think make allows me to check
> if a specific target is explicitly defined. And packages can use only
> the default stages. 

I was first thinking about using 'make -q' to check if building an
image-*.targetinstall stage errors out, but on the way I found out that
the dgen script already parses all rules/*.make files, so we can hook in
there:

---
 doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc  | 12 ++++++++++++
 scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
index ea7eb8c4903d..f58b07b44817 100644
--- a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
+++ b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ Each rule file provides PTXdist with the required steps (in PTXdist called
 
    - targetinstall.post
 
+.. note::
+
+  Host and image packages don't need to install anything in the target file system.
+  Therefore, PTXdist only respects the *targetinstall* and *targetinstall.post*
+  stages for packages whose name doesn't start with ``host-`` or ``image-``.
+
+  When you want to depend on the output of a certain image package, you can
+  usually use its image name as an `additional prerequisite <make-prereq-types_>`_
+  in your make rule for the dependent stage.
+
+.. _make-prereq-types: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Prerequisite-Types
+
 Default stage rules
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
index f7143c02885f..4d97cbd2fa28 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
+++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ function dump_file(src, dst, tmp) {
 }
 
 
+#
+# warn user if an image-* or host-* package contains a targetinstall rule
+# which will not be executed
+#
+match($0, /\$\(STATEDIR\)\/((image-.*|host-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?):/, m) {
+	print "Warning: " m[1] " stage will be ignored. " \
+		"See section 'Rule File Layout' in the PTXdist reference for more info."
+}
+
+
 #
 # parse "PACKAGES-$(PTXCONF_PKG) += pkg" lines, i.e. rules-files from
 # rules/*.make. Setup mapping between upper and lower case pkg names
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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH v2] ptxd_lib_dgen: warn if host or image packages have targetinstall stage

[Michael Olbrich]

On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 11:39:50AM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
> warn the user if such a make target exists.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 04:18:37PM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> > Hmmm, how would we detect this? I don't think make allows me to check
> > if a specific target is explicitly defined. And packages can use only
> > the default stages. 
> 
> I was first thinking about using 'make -q' to check if building an
> image-*.targetinstall stage errors out, but on the way I found out that
> the dgen script already parses all rules/*.make files, so we can hook in
> there:
> 
> ---
>  doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc  | 12 ++++++++++++
>  scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
> index ea7eb8c4903d..f58b07b44817 100644
> --- a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
> +++ b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
> @@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ Each rule file provides PTXdist with the required steps (in PTXdist called
>  
>     - targetinstall.post
>  
> +.. note::
> +
> +  Host and image packages don't need to install anything in the target file system.
> +  Therefore, PTXdist only respects the *targetinstall* and *targetinstall.post*
> +  stages for packages whose name doesn't start with ``host-`` or ``image-``.
> +
> +  When you want to depend on the output of a certain image package, you can
> +  usually use its image name as an `additional prerequisite <make-prereq-types_>`_
> +  in your make rule for the dependent stage.
> +
> +.. _make-prereq-types: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Prerequisite-Types
> +
>  Default stage rules
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  
> diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> index f7143c02885f..4d97cbd2fa28 100644
> --- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> +++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ function dump_file(src, dst, tmp) {
>  }
>  
>  
> +#
> +# warn user if an image-* or host-* package contains a targetinstall rule
> +# which will not be executed
> +#
> +match($0, /\$\(STATEDIR\)\/((image-.*|host-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?):/, m) {

Please use the same syntax as everywhere else in the file. It's complicated
enough.

> +	print "Warning: " m[1] " stage will be ignored. " \
> +		"See section 'Rule File Layout' in the PTXdist reference for more info."

No, this should be fatal. Add a '$(error ...)' and maybe some $(warning
...) for multiple lines. Also, reference the filename and line number to
make this easier to find.

Michael

> +}
> +
> +
>  #
>  # parse "PACKAGES-$(PTXCONF_PKG) += pkg" lines, i.e. rules-files from
>  # rules/*.make. Setup mapping between upper and lower case pkg names
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH v2] ptxd_lib_dgen: warn if host or image packages have targetinstall stage

[Roland Hieber]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 09:10:14AM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 11:39:50AM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> > This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> > of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> > packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
> > warn the user if such a make target exists.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
> > ---
[...]
> > diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > index f7143c02885f..4d97cbd2fa28 100644
> > --- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > +++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ function dump_file(src, dst, tmp) {
> >  }
> >  
> >  
> > +#
> > +# warn user if an image-* or host-* package contains a targetinstall rule
> > +# which will not be executed
> > +#
> > +match($0, /\$\(STATEDIR\)\/((image-.*|host-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?):/, m) {
> 
> Please use the same syntax as everywhere else in the file. It's complicated
> enough.

I don't fully understand what you meant by this. If it's about using
match(), I was using that explicitely here so I'm able to use m[1] in
the lines below without having to go through another gensub() which
would effectively use the same regex again.

 - Roland

> 
> > +	print "Warning: " m[1] " stage will be ignored. " \
> > +		"See section 'Rule File Layout' in the PTXdist reference for more info."
> 
> No, this should be fatal. Add a '$(error ...)' and maybe some $(warning
> ...) for multiple lines. Also, reference the filename and line number to
> make this easier to find.
> 
> Michael
> 
> > +}
> > +
> > +
> >  #
> >  # parse "PACKAGES-$(PTXCONF_PKG) += pkg" lines, i.e. rules-files from
> >  # rules/*.make. Setup mapping between upper and lower case pkg names
> > -- 
> > 2.20.1

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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH v2] ptxd_lib_dgen: warn if host or image packages have targetinstall stage

[Roland Hieber]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 05:39:24PM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 09:10:14AM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 11:39:50AM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> > > This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> > > of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> > > packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
> > > warn the user if such a make target exists.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
> > > ---
> [...]
> > > diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > > index f7143c02885f..4d97cbd2fa28 100644
> > > --- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > > +++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > > @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ function dump_file(src, dst, tmp) {
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  
> > > +#
> > > +# warn user if an image-* or host-* package contains a targetinstall rule
> > > +# which will not be executed
> > > +#
> > > +match($0, /\$\(STATEDIR\)\/((image-.*|host-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?):/, m) {
> > 
> > Please use the same syntax as everywhere else in the file. It's complicated
> > enough.
> 
> I don't fully understand what you meant by this. If it's about using
> match(), I was using that explicitely here so I'm able to use m[1] in
> the lines below without having to go through another gensub() which
> would effectively use the same regex again.

Any thoughts? :-)

  - Roland

> > > +	print "Warning: " m[1] " stage will be ignored. " \
> > > +		"See section 'Rule File Layout' in the PTXdist reference for more info."
> > 
> > No, this should be fatal. Add a '$(error ...)' and maybe some $(warning
> > ...) for multiple lines. Also, reference the filename and line number to
> > make this easier to find.
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +
> > >  #
> > >  # parse "PACKAGES-$(PTXCONF_PKG) += pkg" lines, i.e. rules-files from
> > >  # rules/*.make. Setup mapping between upper and lower case pkg names
> > > -- 
> > > 2.20.1
> 
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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH v2] ptxd_lib_dgen: warn if host or image packages have targetinstall stage

[Michael Olbrich]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 05:39:24PM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 09:10:14AM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 11:39:50AM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> > > This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> > > of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> > > packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
> > > warn the user if such a make target exists.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
> > > ---
> [...]
> > > diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > > index f7143c02885f..4d97cbd2fa28 100644
> > > --- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > > +++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
> > > @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ function dump_file(src, dst, tmp) {
> > >  }
> > >  
> > >  
> > > +#
> > > +# warn user if an image-* or host-* package contains a targetinstall rule
> > > +# which will not be executed
> > > +#
> > > +match($0, /\$\(STATEDIR\)\/((image-.*|host-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?):/, m) {

Check cross- as well.

> > Please use the same syntax as everywhere else in the file. It's complicated
> > enough.
> 
> I don't fully understand what you meant by this. If it's about using
> match(), I was using that explicitely here so I'm able to use m[1] in
> the lines below without having to go through another gensub() which
> would effectively use the same regex again.

I know, but the extra gensub is what we do elsewhere in the file as well.
I'd like to use the same pattern everywhere to make this more readable.
Feel free to send a patch to convert the other places to use match as well.
Then I'll accept it here too.

Michael

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[ptxdist] [PATCH v3 1/3] ptxd_lib_dgen: add line counter

[Roland Hieber]

We cannot simply use NR for line counting because RS is changed in
function dump_file. Add an extra variable to count lines, and reset it
on each new file.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
Changes in v2 -> v3: this patch is new in v3
---
 scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
index f6a51c2c4daa..c577f905b8fb 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
+++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
@@ -45,12 +45,15 @@ FNR == 1 {
 
 	# remember the current opened file
 	old_filename = FILENAME;
+	lineno = 0;
 
 	# will be set later, if makefile belongs to a pkg
 	is_pkg = "";
 }
 
-
+/^/ {
+	lineno += 1;
+}
 
 #
 # skip comments and empty lines
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[ptxdist] [PATCH v3 2/3] ptxd_lib_dgen: error out for targetinstall stages in host/cross/image packages

[Roland Hieber]

This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
warn the user if such a make target exists.

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
Changes in v2 -> v3:
 - use the same syntax as everywhere else in ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
 - error out instead of warning
 - check cross packages too
 - print offending rule file and line number
---
 doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc  | 12 ++++++++++++
 scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
index ea7eb8c4903d..58f37b73da24 100644
--- a/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
+++ b/doc/ref_rule_file_layout.inc
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ Each rule file provides PTXdist with the required steps (in PTXdist called
 
    - targetinstall.post
 
+.. note::
+
+  Host, image and cross packages don't need to install anything in the target file system.
+  Therefore, PTXdist only respects the *targetinstall* and *targetinstall.post*
+  stages for packages whose name doesn't start with ``host-``, ``image-``, or ``cross-``.
+
+  When you want to depend on the output of a certain image package, you can
+  usually use its image name as an `additional prerequisite <make-prereq-types_>`_
+  in your make rule for the dependent stage.
+
+.. _make-prereq-types: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Prerequisite-Types
+
 Default stage rules
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
index c577f905b8fb..dce3f8989eb9 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
+++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ function dump_file(src, dst, tmp) {
 }
 
 
+#
+# warn user if an image, host, or cross package contains a targetinstall rule
+# which will not be executed
+#
+$1 ~ /^\$\(STATEDIR\)\/(image-.*|host-.*|cross-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?:/ {
+	match($0, /\$\(STATEDIR\)\/((image-.*|host-.*|cross-.*)\.targetinstall(.post)?):/, m);
+	print "Error in " old_filename " line " lineno ":\n" \
+		"  '" m[1] "' stage will be ignored.\n" \
+		"  See section 'Rule File Layout' in the PTXdist reference for more info:\n" \
+		"  https://www.ptxdist.org/doc/ref_manual.html#rule-file-layout" \
+	      > "/dev/stderr";
+	exit 1;
+}
+
+
 #
 # parse "PACKAGES-$(PTXCONF_PKG) += pkg" lines, i.e. rules-files from
 # rules/*.make. Setup mapping between upper and lower case pkg names
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Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH v3 2/3] ptxd_lib_dgen: error out for targetinstall stages in host/cross/image packages

[Alexander Dahl]

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Hei hei,

On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 06:26:15PM +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:
> This point came up multiple times in the past and the special handling
> of targetinstall stages lead to confusion when trying to depend on image
> packages. Document it to prevent further confusion in that matter, and
> warn the user if such a make target exists.

The last time I fell in that trap, was when I tried to package a
binary image file for an onboard FPGA which I wanted to have in /boot
to load it from U-Boot, but to also have it updated with the rootfs.
Turned out I could not name that image package just 'image-fpga' … ;-)

So thanks for this patch, this can probably avoid wasting time for one
or the other developer. :-)

Greets
Alex

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[ptxdist] [PATCH v3 3/3] ptxd_lib_dgen: fix typos

[Roland Hieber]

Signed-off-by: Roland Hieber <rhi@pengutronix.de>
---
Changes in v2 -> v3: this patch is new in v3
---
 scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
index dce3f8989eb9..7d539dfd6233 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
+++ b/scripts/lib/ptxd_lib_dgen.awk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ FNR == 1 {
 	move_argc = ARGIND;
 
 	#
-	# "include" all mafile files which are _not_ pkgs explicidly
+	# "include" all makefile files which are _not_ pkgs explicitly.
 	# the make files which are actually pkgs will be "include"d
 	# in the END rule
 	#
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