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authorKhem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>2010-07-09 12:48:13 -0700
committerKhem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>2010-07-09 12:49:59 -0700
commit3382da9830e74937a0b62a359c37843a2719d44d (patch)
treef2b9f246d1b47f60e40356a994f540dd5c4d7680 /docs/usermanual/reference
parent15b7c636942826e8bc86ea258c76d20c04d2a3ae (diff)
downloadopenembedded-3382da9830e74937a0b62a359c37843a2719d44d.tar.gz
usermanual: Updates to reflect changes in file:// treatment for patches.
Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/usermanual/reference')
-rw-r--r--docs/usermanual/reference/var_src_uri.xml15
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/usermanual/reference/var_src_uri.xml b/docs/usermanual/reference/var_src_uri.xml
index 2052fa8896..95632569dd 100644
--- a/docs/usermanual/reference/var_src_uri.xml
+++ b/docs/usermanual/reference/var_src_uri.xml
@@ -252,18 +252,21 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = &quot;36bdb85c97b39ac604bc58cb7857ee08295242c78a12848ef8a31
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>patch</term>
+ <term>apply={yes|no}</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Used as <command>"patch=1"</command> to define this file as a
- patch file. Patch files will be copied to
+ <para>If set to 'yes' it is used as <command>"patch=1"</command> to define this file as a
+ patch file. Patch files will be symlinked into
<command>${S}/patches</command> and then applied to source from
- within the source directory, <command>${S}</command>.</para>
+ within the source directory, <command>${S}</command>.
+ If set to 'no' the file will be copied to <command>${S}</command>
+ during unpack.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>pnum</term>
+ <term>striplevel</term>
<listitem>
<para>By default patches are applied with the <command>"-p
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = &quot;36bdb85c97b39ac604bc58cb7857ee08295242c78a12848ef8a31
the value passed to <command>"-p"</command>. The most typical use is
when the patches are relative to the source directory already and
need to be applied using <command>"-p 0"</command>, in which case
- the <command>"pnum=0"</command> option is supplied.</para>
+ the <command>"striplevel=0"</command> option is supplied.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>