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| author |  Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> | 2013-02-13 12:59:07 +0000 |
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| committer |  Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2013-02-17 22:53:49 +0100 |
| commit | 58e2e9d8048907acda3fe14d03a6094a3dd05370 (patch) | |
| tree | 86b071ea3be08433949c7f4eaac8e8f64aec485e /docs | |
| parent | 4b95b369b1422b205ffde220d9cb20cc18f6b2dd (diff) | |
| download | buildroot-58e2e9d8048907acda3fe14d03a6094a3dd05370.tar.gz buildroot-58e2e9d8048907acda3fe14d03a6094a3dd05370.tar.bz2 | |
manual: minor fix in patch-policy.txt
[Peter: Drop *.patch.<arch> description as noted by Thomas]
Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 78ac5b645a..14c6efc538 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Most patches are provided within Buildroot, in the package directory; these typically aim to fix cross-compilation, libc support, or other such issues. -These patch files should be named +<packagename>-*.patch+. +These patch files should be named +<packagename>-<description>.patch+. A +series+ file, as used by +quilt+, may also be added in the package directory. In that case, the +series+ file defines the patch @@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ How patches are applied * If a +series+ file exists in the package directory, then patches are applied according to the +series+ file; + -* Otherwise, patch files matching `<packagename>-*.patch` or - `<packagename>-*.patch.<arch>` (where +<arch>+ is the architecture - name) are applied following the +ls+ command order. +* Otherwise, patch files matching `<packagename>-*.patch` are applied + following the +ls+ command order. . Run the +<packagename>_POST_PATCH_HOOKS+ commands if defined. |