Extensive documentation is available on the web at . Several ready-to-use examples are available in /usr/share/doc/config-package-dev/examples /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/config-package.mk and the makefile fragments that it includes also contain some basic documentation. They are fairly short, but may not be easy to ready without consulting the GNU Make Manual (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html) and inspecting the core CDBS rules files as well.