[Buildroot] Naming convention for patches
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu Apr 2 07:16:47 UTC 2015
Dear Johan Oudinet,
On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:57:43 +0100, Johan Oudinet wrote:
> In 9.8. Adding project-specific patches:
> "Otherwise, patch files matching <packagename>-*.patch are applied in
> alphabetical order."
>
> This naming convention has been changed in buildroot, so we can use
> the name provided by git format-patch (i.e., without prefixing it by
> the package name).
> Is this pattern still required for patches inside
> BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR, or is it simply a mistake from the
> documentation?
This is a mistake, and I've sent a patch that fixes it:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/455879/
Best regards,
Thomas
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