[Buildroot] patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.
Johan Sagaert
sagaert.johan at proximus.be
Wed Mar 9 10:46:58 UTC 2016
Hi Peter ,
Op 9/03/2016 om 7:23 schreef Peter Korsgaard:
>>>>>> "Johan" == Johan Sagaert<sagaert.johan at proximus.be> writes:
> > Hi
> > Applying 0001-logo.patch using patch:
> > patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.
> > Patch failed! Please fix 0001-logo.patch!
>
> > I always use git format patch to create patches to use them
> > as usual in buildroot.
> > The modified files where image files, so this yields a binary patch.
>
> > It looks like patch does not understand the binary format that git
> > format patch creates.
>
> Indeed, gnu patch afaik doesn't support the binary git diff format.
>
> > Is there any workaround this or do i have to revert to the old diff
> > method for making patches
> > of non text files ?
>
> Is this patch really something that is needed to fix a build issue of
> the package? From the file name it more sounds like som project specific
> customization of the rootfs. If that is so, why not just include the
> image in your rootfs overlay?
>
I have to replace a logo bitmap in the u-boot sources that are pulled
from a git repository .
So i will have to add a |PRE_BUILD_HOOK for the u-boot loader in this
case to replace the
logo bmp file before building, since diff cant create patches of binary
files.
Regards, Johan
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