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| author | Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> | 2012-11-27 11:59:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-11-27 17:07:39 -0800 |
| commit | 1d989fafba761d29b3b2960bf388821d3ac0f6e7 (patch) | |
| tree | 327a01d004a27767da9977393bbafba78ee57048 /docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | |
| parent | 670d60dc919fe6d99224ad1056c426812b38d108 (diff) | |
| download | buildroot-novena-1d989fafba761d29b3b2960bf388821d3ac0f6e7.tar.gz buildroot-novena-1d989fafba761d29b3b2960bf388821d3ac0f6e7.zip | |
manual: trivial fixes
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 1fdb04ef7..b65855edb 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ Patch Policy ------------ While integrating a new package or updating an existing one, it may be -necessary to patch the source of the software to get it built within +necessary to patch the source of the software to get it cross-built within Buildroot. Buildroot offers an infrastructure to automatically handle this during -the builds. It supports several ways of applying patch sets: +the builds. It supports two ways of applying patch sets: downloaded patches +and patches supplied within buildroot. Providing patches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -29,10 +30,10 @@ Within Buildroot ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Most patches are provided within Buildroot, in the package -directory; these typically aim to fix cross-compilation, +libc+ support, +directory; these typically aim to fix cross-compilation, libc support, or other such issues. -These patch files should have the extension +*.patch+. +These patch files should be named +<packagename>-*.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 |