From e1774e20235c631157c1a7021bd7aaf6fcf0438e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Rifenbark Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 09:55:27 -0700 Subject: overview-manual: Small revisions to "Patching" section. (From yocto-docs rev: 081a60766b67e8822e0c841f3259ff633580149c) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- .../overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml') diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml index 99e924441e..78bf64f69a 100644 --- a/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml +++ b/documentation/overview-manual/overview-manual-concepts.xml @@ -1241,12 +1241,17 @@ The do_patch - task processes recipes by using the + task uses a recipe's SRC_URI + statements and the + FILESPATH variable to locate applicable patch files. + + + Default processing for patch files assumes the files have either *.patch or - *.diff endings. + *.diff file types. You can use SRC_URI parameters to change the way the build system recognizes patch files. See the @@ -1257,8 +1262,11 @@ BitBake finds and applies multiple patches for a single recipe in the order in which it locates the patches. - Patches are applied to the recipe's source files, which - are located in the + The FILESPATH variable defines the + default set of directories that the build system uses to + search for patch files. + Once found, patches are applied to the recipe's source + files, which are located in the S directory. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf