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diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index 12cf1605d6..63ea51bf89 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -315,7 +315,10 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) : ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the - source directory into the package's build directory. + source directory into the package's build directory. Note that + for +local+ packages, no patches are applied. If you need to + still patch the source code, use +LIBFOO_POST_RSYNC_HOOKS+, see + xref:hooks-rsync[]. * +LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES+ can be set to +YES+ to create an archive with the git submodules in the repository. This is only available |
