[Buildroot] adding a package

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Kevin,

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 08:36:19AM +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> I succeeded with booting with buildroot on ARM processor with the default
> settings (only selecting CPU as ARM).
> Now I want to add packages (like rp-pppoe)
> What is the proper way to do it ?
> I of course know about the possibility of selecting the rp-pppoe package from
> "make menuconfig" and creating rootfs tar again, delete the original
> rootfs and installing
> the new rootfs over the old one,
> Is there a more efficient way ? like using some package manager?

Buildroot does not have a package manager. This is a design decision, intended 
to make Buildroot as simple as possible. If you need a package manager try 
something like yocto (http://www.yoctoproject.org).

baruch

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