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| author | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2015-03-29 19:33:23 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2015-04-06 11:05:16 +0200 |
| commit | a5fd21d2e58fa6a5f9aa861c7c4638a5b7952c3f (patch) | |
| tree | a0b268e183ab3dd7a68de9448ad722a8e584d563 /docs/manual | |
| parent | 0eba4759fab9d093afacac77a0ac31f1f0b3cceb (diff) | |
| download | buildroot-a5fd21d2e58fa6a5f9aa861c7c4638a5b7952c3f.tar.gz buildroot-a5fd21d2e58fa6a5f9aa861c7c4638a5b7952c3f.zip | |
docs/manual: update documentation about applying patches
The Buildroot manual is currently wrong when describing how patches
are applied: it says that <packagename>-*.patch is applied, and that
<packagename>-<seq>-*.patch is the recommended name for patches. This
is incorrect, since we're now using just <seq>-*.patch. This commit
adjusts the documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/customize-patches.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index 85c9ccd92a..1aa6def85d 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : +LIBFOO_SITE+. If +HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH+ is not specified, it defaults to +LIBFOO_PATCH+. Note that patches that are included in Buildroot itself use a different mechanism: all files of the form - +<packagename>-*.patch+ present in the package directory inside + +*.patch+ present in the package directory inside Buildroot will be applied to the package after extraction (see xref:patch-policy[patching a package]). Finally, patches listed in the +LIBFOO_PATCH+ variable are applied _before_ the patches stored diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt b/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt index e129a64855..fa63541110 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-patches.txt @@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ follows: * If a +series+ file exists in the package directory, then patches are applied according to the +series+ file; + -* Otherwise, patch files matching +<packagename>-*.patch+ - are applied in alphabetical order. - So, to ensure they are applied in the right order, it is highly - recommended to name the patch files like this: - +<packagename>-<number>-<description>.patch+, where +<number>+ - refers to the 'apply order'. +* Otherwise, patch files matching +*.patch+ are applied in + alphabetical order. So, to ensure they are applied in the right + order, it is highly recommended to name the patch files like this: + +<number>-<description>.patch+, where +<number>+ refers to the + 'apply order'. For information about how patches are applied for a package, see xref:patch-apply-order[] |
