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diff --git a/documentation/mega-manual/figures/patching.png b/documentation/mega-manual/figures/patching.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a26a082 --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/mega-manual/figures/patching.png diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/figures/patching.png b/documentation/ref-manual/figures/patching.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a26a082 --- /dev/null +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/figures/patching.png diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml index a3dd6f0..5ee2615 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/technical-details.xml @@ -1031,6 +1031,41 @@ building goes on for a given recipe. </para> </section> + + <section id='patching-dev-environment'> + <title>Patching</title> + + <para> + Once source code is fetched and unpacked, BitBake locates + patch files and applies them to the source files: + <imagedata fileref="figures/patching.png" align="center" width="6in" depth="5in" /> + </para> + + <para> + The <filename>do_patch</filename> task processes recipes by + using the + <link linkend='var-SRC_URI'><filename>SRC_URI</filename></link> + variable to locate applicable patch files, which by default + are <filename>*.patch</filename> or + <filename>*.diff</filename> files, or any file if + "apply=yes" is specified for the file in + <filename>SRC_URI</filename>. + </para> + + <para> + BitBake finds and applies multiple patches for a single recipe + in the order in which it finds the patches. + Patches are applied to the recipe's source files located in the + <link linkend='var-S'><filename>S</filename></link> directory. + </para> + + <para> + For more information on how the source directories are + created, see the + "<link linkend='source-fetching-dev-environment'>Source Fetching</link>" + section. + </para> + </section> </section> </section> |
