[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 for-2012.11 2/5] manual: various fixes

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Tue Nov 27 21:58:01 UTC 2012


On 27/11/12 22:04, Samuel Martin wrote:
>> >    * +LIBFOO_PATCH+ may contain the name of a patch, that will be
>> >      downloaded from the same location as the tarball indicated in
>> >      +LIBFOO_SOURCE+. If +HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH+ is not specified, it
>> >  -  defaults to +LIBFOO_PATCH+. Also note that another mechanism is
>> >  -  available to patch a package: all files of the form
>> >  -  +packagename-packageversion-description.patch+ present in the
>> >  +  defaults to +LIBFOO_PATCH+. Note that patches that are included
>> >  +  in Buildroot itself use a different mechanism: all files of the
>> >  +  form +packagename-packageversion-description.patch+ present in the
> Well, actually the pattern is "packagename-*.patch" in the following
> directories:
> - package/<packagename>/<packagename-packageversion>/ if this
> subdirectory exists;
> - package/<packagename>/ otherwise.

  I think mentioning those two directories goes a bit too far, but I'll
correct the pattern.


  Regards,
  Arnout
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