[Buildroot] Understanding More about applying patches

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 07/28/12 18:59, Charles Krinke wrote:
> Assuming I have the last part correct, the next step is to add a patch
> after the configure step but before the build step.

  The patch step is the step after the extract step and before the configure
step. It's not a good idea to add patches after the configure step: if it
doesn't depend on the configuration, then there's no point doing it after
the configure step, but if it does depend on the configuration, than there's
a big risk that the patch won't work.

  It may be possible/necessary to update the configuration after the configure
step, e.g. updating the config.h.  Again, this should be avoided because it's
not very robust, but if there is no other way, you can do it in the
POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS with a $(SED) statement.

  Fortunately, your other e-mails indicate that this won't be necessary.

  Regards,
  Arnout
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