diff --git a/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES b/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES index a0b19962ab67f88c9d7733c6736949cc5cf8df91..1b53402ac5651774e8050774611a2feab1f71612 100644 --- a/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES +++ b/doc/CODING-GUIDELINES @@ -650,17 +650,18 @@ The first step, usually to be done soon after a checkout, is running FOO_DIR=... indicating, for each package, the useful libraries and header files. -The next step is to run "menuselect", to extract the dependencies existing +The next step is to run "make menuselect", to extract the dependencies existing between files and modules, and to store build options. menuselect produces two files, both to be read by the Makefile: + menuselect.makeopts - contains for each subdirectory a list of modules that must be + Contains for each subdirectory a list of modules that must be excluded from the build, plus some additional informatiom. + menuselect.makedeps - contains, for each module, a list of packages it depends on. + Contains, for each module, a list of packages it depends on. For each of these packages, we can collect the relevant INCLUDE - and LIB files from makeopts + and LIB files from makeopts. This file is based on information + in the .c source code files for each module. The top level Makefile is in charge of setting up the build environment, creating header files with build options, and recursively invoking the @@ -674,8 +675,6 @@ binary (main/ pbx/). TO BE COMPLETED - - ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Asterisk development community! Meet you on the asterisk-dev mailing list.