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Where to download the sources from
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The \texttt{PKG\_*} variables define where to download the package from;
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\texttt{@SF} is a special keyword for downloading packages from sourceforge.
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\texttt{@SF} is a special keyword for downloading packages from sourceforge. There is also
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another keyword of \texttt{@GNU} for grabbing GNU source releases.
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The md5sum is used to verify the package was downloaded correctly and
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uncompressed into \texttt{\$(BUILD\_DIR)}.
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will automatically show in the menu the next time you run "make menuconfig" and if selected
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will be built automatically the next time "\texttt{make}" is run.
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\subsubsection{Troubleshooting}
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\subsection{Conventions}
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There are a couple conventions to follow regarding packages:
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\begin{itemize}
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\texttt{\textit{<name>}.conf}
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\texttt{\textit{<name>}.init}
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\item \texttt{patches}
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\subsection{Troubleshooting}
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If you find your package doesn't show up in menuconfig, try the following command to
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see if you get the correct description:
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