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| -rw-r--r-- | Config.in | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/customize-packages.txt | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/customize.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | package/pkg-generic.mk | 16 |
5 files changed, 59 insertions, 11 deletions
@@ -437,6 +437,21 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OVERRIDE_FILE as the source directory for a particular package. See the Buildroot documentation for more details on this feature. +config BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR + string "global patch directory" + help + You may specify a directory containing global package patches. + For a specific version <packageversion> of a specific package + <packagename>, patches are applied as follows. + + First, the default Buildroot patch set for the package is applied. + + If the directory $(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)/<packagename>/<packageversion> + exists, then all *.patch files in the directory will be applied. + + Otherwise, if the directory $(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)/<packagename> exists, + then all *.patch files in the directory will be applied. + endmenu source "toolchain/Config.in" diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-packages.txt b/docs/manual/customize-packages.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1820c544e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/customize-packages.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + +[[packages-custom]] +Customizing packages +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +It is sometimes useful to apply 'extra' patches to packages - over and +above those provided in Buildroot. This might be used to support custom +features in a project, for example, or when working on a new architecture. + +The +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ configuration file option can be +used to specify a directory containing global package patches. + +For a specific version <packageversion> of a specific package <packagename>, +patches are applied as follows. + +First, the default Buildroot patch set for the package is applied. + +If the directory +$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)/<packagename>/<packageversion>+ +exists, then all +*.patch+ files in the directory will be applied. + +Otherwise, if the directory +$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)/<packagename>+ +exists, then all +*.patch+ files in the directory will be applied. diff --git a/docs/manual/customize.txt b/docs/manual/customize.txt index 3b1a5a734..0456ef16f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize.txt @@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ include::customize-kernel-config.txt[] include::customize-toolchain.txt[] include::customize-store.txt[] + +include::customize-packages.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 0f55b26dc..d2250ad0c 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ 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 two ways of applying patch sets: downloaded patches -and patches supplied within buildroot. +the builds. It supports three ways of applying patch sets: downloaded patches, +patches supplied within buildroot and patches located in a user-defined +global patch directory. Providing patches ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -45,6 +46,13 @@ application order. reference in their filename. - The field +<number>+ in the patch file name refers to the 'apply order'. +Global patch directory +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ configuration file option can be +used to specify a directory containing global package patches. See +xref:packages-custom[] for details. + How patches are applied ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ How patches are applied tarballs are applied; . If there are some +*.patch+ files in the package directory or in the - a package subdirectory named +<packagename>-<packageversion>+, then: + a package subdirectory named +<packageversion>+, then: + * If a +series+ file exists in the package directory, then patches are applied according to the +series+ file; diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk index 8d964a18c..afb90bf79 100644 --- a/package/pkg-generic.mk +++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk @@ -82,21 +82,21 @@ endif # find the package directory (typically package/<pkgname>) and the # prefix of the patches $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_patched: NAMEVER = $(RAWNAME)-$($(PKG)_VERSION) +$(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_patched: PATCH_BASE_DIRS = $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME) $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR))/$(RAWNAME) $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_patched: @$(call MESSAGE,"Patching $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME)") $(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_PRE_PATCH_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep)) $(foreach p,$($(PKG)_PATCH),support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $(DL_DIR) $(p)$(sep)) $(Q)( \ - if test -d $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME); then \ - if test "$(wildcard $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME)/$(NAMEVER)*.patch*)"; then \ - support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME) $(NAMEVER)\*.patch $(NAMEVER)\*.patch.$(ARCH) || exit 1; \ - else \ - support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME) $(RAWNAME)\*.patch $(RAWNAME)\*.patch.$(ARCH) || exit 1; \ - if test -d $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME)/$(NAMEVER); then \ - support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $($(PKG)_DIR_PREFIX)/$(RAWNAME)/$(NAMEVER) \*.patch \*.patch.$(ARCH) || exit 1; \ + for D in $(PATCH_BASE_DIRS); do \ + if test -d $${D}; then \ + if test -d $${D}/$($(PKG)_VERSION); then \ + support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $${D}/$($(PKG)_VERSION) \*.patch \*.patch.$(ARCH) || exit 1; \ + else \ + support/scripts/apply-patches.sh $(@D) $${D} \*.patch \*.patch.$(ARCH) || exit 1; \ fi; \ fi; \ - fi; \ + done; \ ) $(foreach hook,$($(PKG)_POST_PATCH_HOOKS),$(call $(hook))$(sep)) $(Q)touch $@ |