[Buildroot] Interaction between SITE_METHOD=LOCAL and .patch files

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:47:42 +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:

>  > Is it just the .patch files found in the package directory that are
>  > skipped in the [FOO_SITE_METHOD = local] case?  Or are all patches
>  > skipped (also skipping those specified by FOO_PATCH and
>  > BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)?  
> 
> All patches, it skips directly to to the configure step.

Just to clarify things:

 * For all site methods (except local/OVERRIDE_SRCDIR), the steps
   through which a package go are:

   source -> extract -> patch -> configure -> build -> install

 * For the local site method and OVERRIDE_SRCDIR, the steps through
   which a package go are:

   rsync -> configure -> build -> install

Best regards,

Thomas
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