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authorPatrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2023-09-25 14:00:20 (EDT)
committer Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2023-09-25 14:00:20 (EDT)
commit82385cec538a506b0d7f719d8608c3b68ca1d43b (patch)
tree2089d6aefff0b998d50c55e711388dc6de1dd8b1 /specs
parent92161e2417955625e00f328026393e344b28894c (diff)
SPF 2.0: Clarify what makes tmp dir and sets vars
Also remove an old reference to the configuration script.
Diffstat (limited to 'specs')
-rw-r--r--specs/spf-2.0/buildsys.mdwn13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/specs/spf-2.0/buildsys.mdwn b/specs/spf-2.0/buildsys.mdwn
index a4be5a4..a483d46 100644
--- a/specs/spf-2.0/buildsys.mdwn
+++ b/specs/spf-2.0/buildsys.mdwn
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ Certain environment variables (see $[sectlink][env-vars]) shall be set when the
Build Work Area [work-area]
===========================
-When building packages, a new directory named `tmp` shall be created in the
-source package directory. In this directory, the package source code shall be
-copied or unpacked into a directory called `src`.
+When building packages, the package building tool shall create a new directory
+named `tmp` in the source package directory. In this directory, the package
+building tool shall copy or unpack the package source code into a directory
+called `src`.
For each binary package, the `build` file (see $[sectlink][build]) must create
within the work area `tmp` a directory named `<binpkg>.data`, where `<binpkg>`
@@ -71,9 +72,9 @@ children) shall be removed.
Environment Variables [env-vars]
================================
-Certain environment variables shall be set to provide to the configuration
-script and build makefile information about the package and the environments in
-and for which binary packages are to be built.
+The package building tool shall set certain environment variables to provide to
+the build makefile information about the package and the environments in and for
+which binary packages are to be built.
Package Variables [env-vars-pkg]
--------------------------------