[OE-core] do_patch and binary patches

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Andreas,

On Wednesday 04 September 2013 13:44:32 Andreas Müller wrote:
> did not find any helpful hint - and cannot remember somebody asked
> already: Is there a specific reason why our do_patch ignores binary
> files - or is there a way to allow binary files in patches?

I don't have any specific knowledge about this limitation, and I see you've 
worked around it in the mean time; but maybe this is because quilt doesn't 
(didn't?) support patching binary files. You could try setting PATCHTOOL = 
"patch" instead.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre