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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2013-08-07 14:08:15 +0300
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2013-08-13 13:18:51 +0100
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ref-manual: Added new glossary entry for the PATCHTOOL variable.
(From yocto-docs rev: fa3e46c5a4debada71cbc9899dca506093d2a8c8) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -3024,6 +3024,27 @@ recipes-graphics/xorg-font/font-alias_1.0.3.bb:PR = "${INC_PR}.3"
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry id='var-PATCHTOOL'><glossterm>PATCHTOOL</glossterm>
+ <glossdef>
+ <para>
+ Specifies the utility used to apply patches for a recipe
+ during <filename>do_patch</filename>.
+ The default utility used is "quilt" except for the
+ quilt-native recipe itself.
+ Because the quilt-native recipe is not available at the
+ time it is being patched, it uses "patch".
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you wish to use an alternative patching tool, set the
+ variable in the recipe:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ PATCHTOOL = "tool-name"
+ </literallayout>
+ </para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry id='var-PF'><glossterm>PF</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>Specifies the recipe or package name and includes all version and revision
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