[PATCH} cygport src_fetch.cygpart PATCH_URI doc addition

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Sun Nov 14 14:39:18 GMT 2021


On 2021-11-14 01:10, ASSI wrote:
> Jason Pyeron writes:
>> Not sure I understand this, that file is explicitly patched to
>> build. See: aide-0.17.3-1.cygwin.patch

> Give that patch file a different name (just changing the . before cygwin
> to a - would suffice) and add it to PATCH_URI in the cygport file
> instead.  ${PVR}.{cygwin,src}.patch files are special to cygport.

Wondered how that was being picked up and applied without being named in 
the .cygport. Suggested cygport doc patch attached.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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--- origsrc/cygport/lib/src_fetch.cygpart	2021-06-20 09:44:05.617763800 -0600
+++ src/cygport/lib/src_fetch.cygpart	2021-11-14 07:14:23.018207400 -0700
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 #  their basenames to PATCH_URI.  This provides an easy way to carry
 #  Cygwin-specific patches forward between releases.
 #  NOTE
+#  ${PVR}.{cygwin,src}.patch files are special to cygport:
+#  they are automatically applied if present.
 #  See SRC_URI for details about URI handling in cygport.
 #****
 


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