[Buildroot] [PATCH 6/9] manual: minor fix in patch-policy.txt

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu Feb 14 17:37:27 UTC 2013


Dear Samuel Martin,

On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:59:07 +0100, Samuel Martin wrote:
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
> index 78ac5b6..468a954 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
> +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Most patches are provided within Buildroot, in the package
>  directory; these typically aim to fix cross-compilation, libc support,
>  or other such issues.
>  
> -These patch files should be named +<packagename>-*.patch+.
> +These patch files should be named +<packagename>-<description>.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
> @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ How patches are applied
>    applied according to the +series+ file;
>  +
>  * Otherwise, patch files matching `<packagename>-*.patch` or
> -  `<packagename>-*.patch.<arch>` (where +<arch>+ is the architecture
> -  name) are applied following the +ls+ command order.
> +  `<packagename>-<description>.patch.<arch>` (where +<arch>+ is the
> +  architecture name) are applied following the +ls+ command order.

The <packagename>-<description>.patch.<arch> naming is deprecated, and
I think should no longer be mentioned in the documentation.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
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development, consulting, training and support.
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