Add documentation for <pkg>-rebuild and <pkg>-reconfigure

Since these two special make targets are very useful but not yet
mentioned in the documentation I added them to the make help and
the manual.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Hoffmann <sho@reLinux.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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Stephan Hoffmann 2012-04-06 18:44:22 +02:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ help:
@echo @echo
@echo 'Build:' @echo 'Build:'
@echo ' all - make world' @echo ' all - make world'
@echo ' <package>-rebuild - force recompile <package>'
@echo ' <package>-reconfigure - force reconfigure <package>'
@echo @echo
@echo 'Configuration:' @echo 'Configuration:'
@echo ' menuconfig - interactive curses-based configurator' @echo ' menuconfig - interactive curses-based configurator'

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@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ The easiest way to rebuild a single package from scratch is to remove
its build directory in +output/build+. Buildroot will then re-extract, its build directory in +output/build+. Buildroot will then re-extract,
re-configure, re-compile and re-install this package from scratch. re-configure, re-compile and re-install this package from scratch.
For convenience, most packages support the special make targets
<package>-reconfigure and <package>-rebuild to repeat the configure
and build steps.
However, if you don't want to rebuild the package completely from However, if you don't want to rebuild the package completely from
scratch, a better understanding of the Buildroot internals is scratch, a better understanding of the Buildroot internals is
needed. Internally, to keep track of which steps have been done and needed. Internally, to keep track of which steps have been done and