[Buildroot] [PATCH 09/35] docs/manual: update documentation about applying patches
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Sun Mar 29 17:33:23 UTC 2015
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 at free-electrons.com>
---
docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 2 +-
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 85c9ccd..1aa6def 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 e129a64..fa63541 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[]
--
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