[Buildroot] [PATCH] support/scripts/apply-patches: use "git apply" as a fallback when applying patches

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> writes:

Hi,

 >> With this patch a package selection change that works on the developer's
 >> machine where git is installed, would fail on the production build
 >> machine that is missing git. Is there a clear error message in case of
 >> patch failure?

 >  I'm with Baruch here. The reason to have this feature is exactly to have the
 > possibility to have patches that modify binaries or that modify symlinks. Thus,
 > it becomes likely that someone will submit such a patch. It will work for the
 > developer, and it will also work in the autobuilders since all of them have git
 > installed (otherwise they wouldn't be able to clone the Buildroot repo). Thus,
 > any such patch will go unnoticed.

I agree, that is not good.


 >  I don't think it hurts to force git as a dependency.

If we do that, should we then always use git apply instead of patch?
(and drop the patch dependency)

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard