[Buildroot] [PATCH] apply-patches.sh: use series file to apply patches in proper order

[Ludovic Desroches]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 02:05:40PM +0100, Julien Boibessot wrote:
> On 03/12/2012 09:57 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> >On 18:29 Thu 08 Mar     , Samuel Martin wrote:
> >>Hi Ludovic,
> >>
> >>>+    # If there is a series file, use it instead of using ls sort order
> >>>+    # to apply patches. Skip line starting with a dash.
> >>>+    if [ -e "${path}/series" ] ; then
> >>>+        for i in `cat ${path}/series | grep -Ev "^#" 2>  /dev/null` ; do
> >>Or simply:
> >>for i in `grep -Ev "^#" ${path}/series 2>  /dev/null` ; do
> >why not simply use quilt?
> >

I have just followed Arnout comments since they have already discussed about
this topic.

> >it will simply also patch series upgrade
> >
> >we just have to add quilt to the host tools
> 
> +1
> 

Why not.

I have never used quilt so I have read the man page and I don't see how
it could make our life easier to simply apply patches.

>From what I have seen (the man page and a small tutorial), it is requiring
a series file so I don't see how it can be useful to apply a patch serie
without this series file.

As I said, I have never used quilt so I'm probably wrong. Maybe I have missed
some useful and powerful commands. Please let me know how it can feet our needs.


Regards

Ludovic