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+ARCH = i386
+TOP_D = $(shell pwd)
+BR_D = $(TOP_D)/buildroot
+OUT_D = $(TOP_D)/output/$(ARCH)
+BR_OUT_D = $(OUT_D)/buildroot
+CONF_D = $(TOP_D)/conf
+DL_D = $(TOP_D)/download
+SKEL_D = $(OUT_D)/skeleton
+
+TMPDIR ?= $(OUT_D)/tmp
+export TMPDIR
+
+DISK_IMG = $(OUT_D)/disk.img
+PART_IMG = $(OUT_D)/part.img
+TAR_IMG = $(OUT_D)/rootfs.tar
+BR_TAR_IMG = $(BR_OUT_D)/images/rootfs.tar
+BR2_CCACHE_DIR = $(OUT_D)/ccache
+
+BR_MAKE = cd $(BR_D) && mkdir -p "$(TMPDIR)" && \
+ make O=$(BR_OUT_D) BR2_DL_DIR=$(DL_D) \
+ BR2_CONFIG=$(BR_OUT_D)/.config \
+ BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE=$(BR_OUT_D)/busybox.config \
+ BR2_CCACHE_DIR=$(BR2_CCACHE_DIR)
+
+BR_DEPS = $(BR_D) $(BR_OUT_D)/busybox.config $(BR_OUT_D)/.config $(SKEL_D)/.dir
+
+BR_CONFIG = $(CONF_D)/buildroot-$(ARCH).config
+
+BUSYBOX_VERSION := $(shell sed -n \
+ "s,^BUSYBOX_VERSION\s*=\s*\([^\s]*\).*,\1,p" \
+ $(BR_D)/package/busybox/busybox.mk)
+BUSYBOX_BUILD_DIR = $(BR_OUT_D)/build/busybox-$(BUSYBOX_VERSION)
+BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG = $(BUSYBOX_BUILD_DIR)/.config
+
+unexport SED # causes random issues (LP: #920620)
+
+all: $(TAR_IMG)
+
+debug:
+ @echo "BR_DEPS: $(BR_DEPS)"
+ @echo "BR_MAKE: $(BR_MAKE)"
+ @echo "BR_OUT_D: $(BR_OUT_D)"
+ @echo "BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG: $(BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG)"
+ @echo "BUSYBOX_VERSION: $(BUSYBOX_VERSION)"
+
+source: br_source minicloud_source
+
+br_source: $(BR_DEPS) $(OUT_D)/.source.$(ARCH)
+minicloud_source: $(DL_D)/.dir
+ @echo hi world
+ # here we would download the Ubuntu kernel
+
+$(BR_D):
+ @[ -d "$(BR_D)" ] || { echo "You Must download BUILDROOT, extract it, and symlink to $(BR_D)"; exit 1; }
+
+$(OUT_D)/.source.$(ARCH):
+ $(BR_MAKE) source
+
+$(BR_OUT_D)/busybox.config: $(CONF_D)/busybox.config $(BR_OUT_D)/.dir
+ cp $(CONF_D)/busybox.config $@
+ for s in configured built target_installed; do rm -f $(BR_OUT_D)/build/busybox-*/.stamp_$$s; done
+
+$(BR_OUT_D)/.config: $(BR_CONFIG) $(BR_OUT_D)/.dir
+ cp $(BR_CONFIG) $@
+
+$(TAR_IMG): $(BR_TAR_IMG)
+ cp $(BR_TAR_IMG) $(TAR_IMG)
+
+$(BR_TAR_IMG): $(BR_DEPS)
+ $(BR_MAKE)
+
+$(SKEL_D)/.dir:
+ # copy BR_D/fs/skeleton, then sync src/ over the
+ # top of that.
+ # depends on $(BR_D)/fs/skeleton (somehow)
+ [ -d $(SKEL_D) ] || mkdir -p $(SKEL_D)
+ rsync -a $(BR_D)/system/skeleton/ $(SKEL_D)/ --delete
+ rsync -a $(TOP_D)/src/ $(SKEL_D)/
+ touch $(SKEL_D)/.dir
+
+br-menuconfig: $(BR_OUT_D)/.config
+ $(BR_MAKE) $* menuconfig
+ cp $(BR_OUT_D)/.config $(CONF_D)/buildroot-$(ARCH).config
+
+br-busybox-menuconfig: $(BR_OUT_D)/busybox.config
+ $(BR_MAKE) $* busybox-menuconfig
+ cp $(BUSYBOX_BUILD_CONFIG) $(CONF_D)/busybox.config
+
+br-%: $(BR_OUT_D)/.config $(BR_OUT_D)/busybox.config
+ $(BR_MAKE) $*
+
+%/.dir:
+ mkdir -p $* && touch $@