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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2015-01-19 10:14:16 -0800
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2015-02-17 15:16:51 +0000
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dev-manual: Edits to add more detail to where patch files are
Updated some text to indicate that you should put patch files in $BP, $BPN, or "files." Also, added more on how the patch files suffix is (i.e. accounting for compressed suffix names like diff.bz). Reported-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> (From yocto-docs rev: d9e23da24e9d86ec5e2b9d4067667478f3e56ba1) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -1935,7 +1935,9 @@
1935 fetched. 1935 fetched.
1936 Any files mentioned in <filename>SRC_URI</filename> whose 1936 Any files mentioned in <filename>SRC_URI</filename> whose
1937 names end in <filename>.patch</filename> or 1937 names end in <filename>.patch</filename> or
1938 <filename>.diff</filename> are treated as patches. 1938 <filename>.diff</filename> or compressed versions of these
1939 suffixes (e.g. <filename>diff.gz</filename> are treated as
1940 patches.
1939 The 1941 The
1940 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-patch'><filename>do_patch</filename></ulink> 1942 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#ref-tasks-patch'><filename>do_patch</filename></ulink>
1941 task automatically applies these patches. 1943 task automatically applies these patches.
@@ -1959,7 +1961,9 @@
1959 using <filename>file://</filename>, you should place 1961 using <filename>file://</filename>, you should place
1960 patch files in a directory next to the recipe either 1962 patch files in a directory next to the recipe either
1961 named the same as the base name of the recipe 1963 named the same as the base name of the recipe
1962 (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BPN'><filename>BPN</filename></ulink>), 1964 (<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BP'><filename>BP</filename></ulink>
1965 and
1966 <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-BPN'><filename>BPN</filename></ulink>)
1963 or "files". 1967 or "files".
1964 </para> 1968 </para>
1965 </section> 1969 </section>