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| [[packages-custom]] |
| Customizing packages |
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| It is sometimes useful to apply 'extra' patches to packages - over and |
| above those provided in Buildroot. This might be used to support custom |
| features in a project, for example, or when working on a new architecture. |
| |
| The +BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR+ configuration file option can be |
| used to specify a directory containing global package patches. |
| |
| For a specific version <packageversion> of a specific package <packagename>, |
| patches are applied as follows. |
| |
| First, the default Buildroot patch set for the package is applied. |
| |
| If the directory +$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)/<packagename>/<packageversion>+ |
| exists, then all +*.patch+ files in the directory will be applied. |
| |
| Otherwise, if the directory +$(BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR)/<packagename>+ |
| exists, then all +*.patch+ files in the directory will be applied. |
