[rtems-source-builder commit] doc: add example of a local patch
Gedare Bloom
gedare at rtems.org
Mon Aug 1 18:45:06 UTC 2016
Module: rtems-source-builder
Branch: master
Commit: cac72a2aea711f671816d7c41bb1cfe66d54ee37
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder/commit/?id=cac72a2aea711f671816d7c41bb1cfe66d54ee37
Author: Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org>
Date: Mon Aug 1 14:43:29 2016 -0400
doc: add example of a local patch
---
doc/source-builder.txt | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/source-builder.txt b/doc/source-builder.txt
index 70b5d98..3bcc397 100644
--- a/doc/source-builder.txt
+++ b/doc/source-builder.txt
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ Packages being built by the RSB need patches from time to time and the RSB
supports patching upstream packages. The patches are held in a seperate
directory called +patches+ relative to the configuration directory you are
building. For example +%{\_topdir}/patches:%{\_sbdir}/patches+. Patches are
-declared in the configuraiton files in a similar manner to the package's source
+declared in the configuration files in a similar manner to the package's source
so please refer to the +%source+ documentation. Patches, like the source, are
to be made publically available for configurations that live in the RSB package
and are downloaded on demand.
@@ -900,8 +900,14 @@ To test a patch simply copy it to your local +patches+ directory. The RSB will
see the patch is present and will not attempt to download it. Once you are
happy with the patch submit it to the project and a core developer will review
it and add it to the RTEMS Tools git repository.
-
-File Checksums
+For example, to test a local patch for newlib, add the following two lines to
+the .cfg file in +rtems/config/tools/+ that is included by the bset you use:
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+%patch add newlib file://0001-this-is-a-newlib-patch.patch <1>
+%hash md5 0001-this-is-a-newlib-patch.diff 77d070878112783292461bd6e7db17fb <2>
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+<1> The diff file prepended with +file://+ to tell RSB this is a local file.
+<2> The output from md5sum on the diff file.
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