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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 |