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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/adding-packages-hooks.txt | 1 |
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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 diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-hooks.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-hooks.txt index d25092ac25..0ce79f8907 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-hooks.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-hooks.txt @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ endef LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP ---------------------- +[[hooks-rsync]] ==== Using the +POST_RSYNC+ hook The +POST_RSYNC+ hook is run only for packages that use a local source, either through the +local+ site method or the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+ |
