Add buildroot prerequisites to roadmap.

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diff --git a/www/roadmap.html b/www/roadmap.html
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@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ and progress towards implementing it.</p>
 <li><a href=#dev_env>Development Environment</a></li>
 <li><a href=#android>Android Toolbox</a></li>
 <li><a href=#tizen>Tizen Core</a></li>
+<li><a href=#buildroot>buildroot</a></li>
 <li>Miscelaneous: <a href=#klibc>klibc</a>, <a href=#glibc>glibc</a>,
 <a href=#sash>sash</a>, <a href=#sbase>sbase</a>,
 <a href=#uclinux>uclinux</a>...</li>
@@ -369,6 +370,26 @@ tar diff printf wget rsync fdisk vi less tr test stty fold expr dd
 many of the SELinux options ala ls -Z need smack alternatives in an
 if/else setup.</p>
 
+<hr /><a name=buildroot />
+<h2>buildroot:</h2>
+
+<p>The <a href=https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#requirement-mandatory>mandatory packages</a>
+section of the buildroot manual lists:</p>
+
+<blockquote><p>
+which sed make bash patch gzip bzip2 tar cpio unzip rsync file bc wget
+</p></blockquote>
+
+<p>(It also lists binutils gcc g++ perl python, and for debian it wants
+build-essential. And it wants file to be in /usr/bin because
+<a href=https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/tree/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh?h=2018.02.x#n84>libtool
+breaks otherwise</a>.)</p>
+
+<p>Buildroot does not support a cross toolchain that lives in "/usr/bin"
+with a prefix of "" (if you try, and chop out the test for a blank prefix,
+it dies trying to run "/usr/bin/-gcc"). But you can patch your way to
+making it work if you try.</p>
+
 <hr /><a name=klibc />
 <h2>klibc:</h2>
 
@@ -952,6 +973,7 @@ ipcrm ipcs netstat openvt
 deallocvt iorenice
 udpsvd adduser
 microcom tunctl chrt getfattr setfattr
+kexec
 </span>
 </b></blockquote>