[OE-core] archiver.bbclass: what is the purpose of create_diff_gz?

[Chris Larson]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:29 PM, <kevin.strasser at linux.intel.com> wrote:

> In it's current state, the source archiver creates a diff.gz file
> containing everything found in 'S'. I am wondering if this was really the
> intended behavior, as 'S' usually contains things like object and binary
> files. If anything, I would expect that this file should represent all
> changes made to the original sources.
>

I was wondering about that too. It doesn't seem particularly useful today.
I'd think after do_patch would be best (and change recipes to do their
general source modifications before then, or via pre/postfuncs).
-- 
Christopher Larson
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