docs/overview.txt
changeset 1405 8b86a6f004ae
parent 1300 7acdd1de5b50
child 1406 515580cad631
     1.1 --- a/docs/overview.txt	Mon Apr 20 21:30:25 2009 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/docs/overview.txt	Sun Jun 14 21:43:55 2009 +0200
     1.3 @@ -412,6 +412,9 @@
     1.4  system of your target, and will contain all that your programs/packages have
     1.5  installed.
     1.6  
     1.7 +The 'populate' script |
     1.8 +----------------------+
     1.9 +
    1.10  When your root directory is ready, it is still missing some important bits: the
    1.11  toolchain's libraries. To populate your root directory with those libs, just
    1.12  run:
    1.13 @@ -425,23 +428,32 @@
    1.14  You can then use /your/root-populated to build up your file system image, a
    1.15  tarball, or to NFS-mount it from your target, or whatever you need.
    1.16  
    1.17 -populate accepts the following options:
    1.18 +The populate script accepts the following options:
    1.19  
    1.20 - -s [src_dir]
    1.21 -    Use 'src_dir' as the 'source', un-populated root directory
    1.22 + -s src_dir
    1.23 +    Use 'src_dir' as the un-populated root directory.
    1.24  
    1.25 - -d [dst_dir]
    1.26 -    Put the 'destination', populated root directory in 'dst_dir'
    1.27 + -d dst_dir
    1.28 +    Put the populated root directory in 'dst_dir'.
    1.29 +
    1.30 + -l lib1 [...]
    1.31 +    Always add specified libraries.
    1.32 +
    1.33 + -L file
    1.34 +    Always add libraries listed in 'file'.
    1.35  
    1.36   -f
    1.37 -    Remove 'dst_dir' if it previously existed
    1.38 +    Remove 'dst_dir' if it previously existed; continue even if any library
    1.39 +    specified with -l or -L is missing.
    1.40  
    1.41   -v
    1.42      Be verbose, and tell what's going on (you can see exactly where libs are
    1.43      coming from).
    1.44  
    1.45   -h
    1.46 -    Print the help
    1.47 +    Print the help.
    1.48 +
    1.49 +See 'your-target-tuple-populate -h' for more information on the options.
    1.50  
    1.51  ___________________
    1.52                    /