site-conf: Include builtin.m4 through aclocal.m4 and execute the defined function

    Document how to generate the configure script, document how to add a new
    package and do that for the builtin functions

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/site-conf/README b/contrib/site-conf/README
index 08976970d7..b28e545288 100644
--- a/contrib/site-conf/README
+++ b/contrib/site-conf/README
@@ -4,4 +4,27 @@ Unified source of autoconf tests used to generate the site results
 Executing this on a new platform will generate the necessary results
 to write the right site-conf.
 
+1.) creating a configure script
+    '''use autoreconf -I m4'''
+
+
+2.) adding a test
+    '''vim m4/yourpackage.m4'''
+    '''add the functions'''
+    '''AC_DEFUN([OE_CHECK_YOURPACKAGE],
+       [
+        CALL_YOUR_FUNCTION_ONE_BY_ONE
+       ])
+    '''
+
+    Add to
+    '''vim aclocal.m4'''
+    '''m4_include(yourpackage,m4)'''
+
+    Add to
+    '''vim configure.ac'''
+    '''OE_CHECK_YOURPACKAGE
+
+
+
 Copy and paste the autoconf test to an approriate file