From 316b330aaf30f6a743ef22e015acba221cae7094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karanbir Singh Date: Jan 14 2014 02:15:17 +0000 Subject: add some info on hints --- diff --git a/mock/README.md b/mock/README.md index a56a48c..88680d8 100644 --- a/mock/README.md +++ b/mock/README.md @@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ If doing custom mock configs for the kernel, its always going to need a noarch.cfg as well -* * * +Repositories +------------ repo urls that contain /mirror/ point to pristine upstream mirrors ( unmaintained, they will never change ) @@ -38,10 +39,26 @@ repo urls that contain /repo/ represent the actual repositories that built content is being injected into -* * * -Some files that are part of the system: -* def.cfg -* logging.ini -* hints -* site-defaults.cfg +System Files +------------ + + * def.cfg + * logging.ini + * hints + * site-defaults.cfg + + +Hints +----- + +There are two ways to add packages to the buildroot, either +via the hints file or by changing the mock config used for +that specific package build. In most cases, err towards +using the hints file, since its arch agnostic, version +agnostic and mods to it do not leave an extra mock conf +that needs to be maintained. + +Syntax in the hints file is explained right at the top + +