summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual/patch-policy.txt')
-rw-r--r--docs/manual/patch-policy.txt14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
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;