[Buildroot] [PATCH] scripts: apply-patches: don't stop if no patch is found for a package

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 05/11/13 21:17, Andi Shyti wrote:
> Hi Arnout,
>
>>> If no patch is available for a specific package it doesn't mean
>>> that is necessarily an error, perhaps there is no need to apply
>>> any patches. Therefore, don't stop the build by returning '1',
>>> but go ahead.
>>
>>   This is in fact intentional, because it indicates that there is
>> something wrong with the configuration. When you specify in your
>> configuration that some specific patch directory should be used, but
>> that directory doesn't exist, then it probably means you made a
>> mistake in your configuration.
>>
>>   Can you give an example of a specific situation where you had a
>> problem with this check?
>
> this happens when for example you want to get as cross compiler
> the daily snapshot instead of a specific version.
>
> The build stops with an error because of that 'exit 1' since it
> doesn't find any gcc-20131105 patch directory (i think the
> snapshot is called so).

  That's a bug in the gcc package then :-)

  It should actually be converted to using the default patch strategy 
instead of post-patch hooks. Let me look into it...


  Regards,
  Arnout


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