Hi Denys, > -----Original Message----- > From: Dmytriyenko, Denys > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 3:20 AM > To: Devshatwar, Nikhil > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meta-arago] Applying non local patches > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:02:09PM +0000, Devshatwar, Nikhil wrote: > > Hi all, > > Does yocto support applying patches which are under review It is > > possible to download the patch and add it to the recipe along with > the > > actual patch file > > > > But is there another way where we can point to the patches in the > > SRC_URI itself > > > > Something similar to > > > > SRC_URI= "git:git.fredesktop.org/project/repo.git;protocol=git \ > > > > http://patchwork.freedesktop/project/repo/12345/raw;protocol=http \ " > > Are there any examples of such reciepes Please help > > Nikhil, > > It's not recommended, but it was always possible. Here's an old example > from OE Classic, as I couldn't find any recent one: > > http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded/tree/recipes/busybox/busybox_ > 1.7.2.bb > Thanks for this info, it would really help
> We moved away from that practice, as upstream used to constantly tweak > and change patches, breaking the build all the time. Having patches in > metadata gives more control, as updating patches, their checksums and > making sure the build doesn't break can be done at the same time. > I understand the cons here This is mostly for my experiments where I want to apply patches from patchwork To try out some things It's easy to just provide link than to download and add in the recipe Thank you > -- > Denys _______________________________________________ meta-arago mailing list [email protected] http://arago-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/meta-arago
