From 38b1ba3681416692c97689b01c9302877949c693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Desroches Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:47:01 +0000 Subject: apply-patches.sh: add documentation Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- support/scripts/apply-patches.sh | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/support/scripts/apply-patches.sh b/support/scripts/apply-patches.sh index f82be8643..7a6c1fa98 100755 --- a/support/scripts/apply-patches.sh +++ b/support/scripts/apply-patches.sh @@ -4,6 +4,29 @@ # -Erik # # (c) 2002 Erik Andersen +# +# Parameters: +# - the build directory, optional, default value is '.'. The place where are +# the package sources. +# - the patch directory, optional, default '../kernel-patches'. The place +# where are the scripts you want to apply. +# - other parameters are the patch name patterns, optional, default value is +# '*'. Pattern(s) describing the patch names you want to apply. +# +# The script will look recursively for patches from the patch directory. If a +# file is named 'series' then only patches mentionned into it will be applied. +# If not, the script will look for file names matching pattern(s). If the name +# ends with '.tar.*', '.tbz2' or '.tgz', the file is considered as an archive +# and will be uncompressed into a directory named +# '.patches-name_of_the_archive-unpacked'. It's the turn of this directory to +# be scanned with '*' as pattern. Remember that scanning is recursive. Other +# files than series file and archives are considered as a patch. +# +# Once a patch is found, the script will try to apply it. If its name doesn't +# end with '.gz', '.bz', '.bz2', '.zip', '.Z', '.diff*' or '.patch*', it will +# be skipped. If necessary, the patch will be uncompressed before being +# applied. The list of the patches applied is stored in '.applied_patches_list' +# file in the build directory. # Set directories from arguments, or use defaults. builddir=${1-.} -- cgit v1.2.3