manual: $(BR2_EXTERNAL)/{Config.in, external.mk} are mandatory

The manual is a bit vague about whether Config.in and external.mk
are mandatory or optional.

Make it explicit in the manual that they are mandatory.

Reported-by: Jérémy Rosen <jeremy.rosen@openwide.fr>
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Yann E. MORIN 2014-02-08 17:04:02 +01:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
parent 8c2534c50c
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@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ Or disable the usage of external definitions:
logic. Buildroot automatically includes +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ to logic. Buildroot automatically includes +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ to
make it appear in the top-level configuration menu, and includes make it appear in the top-level configuration menu, and includes
+BR2_EXTERNAL/external.mk+ with the rest of the makefile logic. +BR2_EXTERNAL/external.mk+ with the rest of the makefile logic.
Providing those two files is mandatory, but they can be empty.
+ +
The main usage of this is to store package recipes. The recommended The main usage of this is to store package recipes. The recommended
way to do this is to write a +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ that looks way to do this is to write a +BR2_EXTERNAL/Config.in+ that looks