[Buildroot] [PATCH] apply-patches.sh: use series file to apply patches in proper order

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
<plagnioj at jcrosoft.com> wrote:
> On 18:29 Thu 08 Mar     , Samuel Martin wrote:
>> Hi Ludovic,
>>
>> > +    # If there is a series file, use it instead of using ls sort order
>> > +    # to apply patches. Skip line starting with a dash.
>> > +    if [ -e "${path}/series" ] ; then
>> > +        for i in `cat ${path}/series | grep -Ev "^#" 2> /dev/null` ; do
>> Or simply:
>> for i in `grep -Ev "^#" ${path}/series 2> /dev/null` ; do
> why not simply use quilt?
>
> it will simply also patch series upgrade
>
> we just have to add quilt to the host tools

Can you use quilt without using git?
Note that not every user puts buildroot in an actual repository. And
even those who do, may use another version control system than git.

Best regards,
Thomas