Getting a detailed list of components and dependencies from Buildroot involves generating documentation or reports that enumerate the packages, their versions, dependencies, and possibly their licenses. Here are the methods to do this:
To generate legal documentation, including licenses and a manifest of all packages:
make legal-info
This command generates files in output/legal-info
directory, including a manifest (manifest.csv
), license files, and source files. The manifest lists each package, its version, and its license.
For generating a graph of package dependencies, ensure Graphviz is installed, then run:
make graph-depends
This produces a .dot
file in output/graphs
. Convert it to an image with Graphviz, for example:
dot -Tpng output/graphs/package-dependencies.dot -o dependencies.png
To get a list of configured packages and their versions:
make list-packages
To save this list to a file:
make list-packages > packages_list.txt
Ensure to save your Buildroot configuration for future reference or sharing:
make savedefconfig
or by copying the .config
file manually.
These steps provide methods for extracting comprehensive information about the components and dependencies