Commit 58e2e9d8 authored by Samuel Martin's avatar Samuel Martin Committed by Peter Korsgaard
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manual: minor fix in patch-policy.txt 



[Peter: Drop *.patch.<arch> description as noted by Thomas]
Signed-off-by: default avatarSamuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarArnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
parent 4b95b369

docs/manual/patch-policy.txt

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@@ -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
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ How patches are applied 
* If a +series+ file exists in the package directory, then patches are

  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.

* Otherwise, patch files matching `<packagename>-*.patch` are applied

  following the +ls+ command order.



. Run the +<packagename>_POST_PATCH_HOOKS+ commands if defined.