readme.txt
1This directory contains various useful scripts and tools for working
2with Buildroot. You need not add this directory in your PATH to use
3any of those tools, but you may do so if you want.
4
5brmake
6 a script that can be run instead of make, that prepends the date in
7 front of each line, redirects all of the build output to a file
8 ("'br.log' in the current directory), and just outputs the Buildroot
9 messages (those lines starting with >>>) on stdout.
10 Do not run this script for interactive configuration (e.g. menuconfig)
11 or on an unconfigured directory. The output is redirected so you will see
12 nothing.
13
14check-package
15 a script that checks the coding style of a package's Config.in and
16 .mk files, and also tests them for various types of typoes.
17
18genrandconfig
19 a script that generates a random configuration, used by the autobuilders
20 (http://autobuild.buildroot.org). It selects a random toolchain from
21 support/config-fragments/autobuild and randomly selects packages to build.
22
23get-developpers
24 a script to return the list of people interested in a specific part
25 of Buildroot, so they can be Cc:ed on a mail. Accepts a patch as
26 input, a package name or and architecture name.
27
28scancpan
29 a script to create a Buildroot package by scanning a CPAN module
30 description.
31
32scanpypi
33 a script to create a Buildroot package by scanning a PyPI package
34 description.
35
36size-stats-compare
37 a script to compare the rootfs size between two different Buildroot
38 configurations. This can be used to identify the size impact of
39 a specific option, of a set of specific options, or of an update
40 to a newer Buildroot version...
41
42test-pkg
43 a script that tests a specific package against a set of various
44 toolchains, with the goal to detect toolchain-related dependencies
45 (wchar, threads...)
46