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diff --git a/doc/dev_manual.rst b/doc/dev_manual.rst index c37094090..29d1cbf1d 100644 --- a/doc/dev_manual.rst +++ b/doc/dev_manual.rst @@ -1265,7 +1265,10 @@ integrated into your BSP or into PTXdist. PTXdist handles patching automatically. After extracting the archive of a package, PTXdist checks for the existence of -a patch directory named like its ``<PKG>`` variable. +a patch directory named like its ``<PKG>_PATCHES`` variable, or, if this variable +is not set, like its ``<PKG>`` variable. +The patch directory is then searched in all locations listed by the +``PTXDIST_PATH_PATCHES`` variable, and the first one found is used. Take an exemplary package ``foo`` with version ``1.1.0``: The variable ``FOO`` will have the value ``foo-1.1.0``, so PTXdist will look for a patch directory named ``foo-1.1.0`` in the following locations: diff --git a/doc/ref_make_variables.inc b/doc/ref_make_variables.inc index 08854c7db..fcfac83d3 100644 --- a/doc/ref_make_variables.inc +++ b/doc/ref_make_variables.inc @@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ Package Definition For local URLs (``file://`` or ``lndir://``) ``<PKG>_SOURCE`` must not be set. +``<PKG>_PATCHES`` + The name of the patch directory, relative to any of the paths listed in + ``PTXDIST_PATH_PATCHES`` (i.e., according to the search order described in + :ref:`patching_packages`). + If not specified, the default patch directory name is set to the value of the + ``<PKG>`` variable. + + This variable can be set for multiple packages that should share the same + patch stack (e.g. kernel packages). + ``<PKG>_DIR`` This is the directory where the source archive is extracted. In most cases this is set to ``$(BUILDDIR)/$(<PKG>)``. However, if two packages |