Re: [PATCH 3/4] Add support for producing disks with (optional) extra variants.

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

On Friday 07 August 2009, Ian Campbell wrote:
> This patch just adds the generic support code:
>    * CONF.sh:           Add $(VARIANTS) configuration variable.
>    * eash-build.sh:     Add command line parameter to enable variants.
>    * Makefile:          Define VARIANT_xxx when preprocessing package list.
>    * boot/?/common.sh:  Add a function for checking if a variant is enabled.
>    * generate_di_list:  Allow variant overrides in udeb exclusion list.

It would be nice to have the variants functionality documented a bit,
especially as it adds syntax extentions in various existing files.

Given the already fragmented state of the documentation, a separate
document in the docs directory probably makes most sense.