[OE-core] [RFC PATCH 1/7] lib/oe/patch: fall back to patch if git apply fails

[Paul Eggleton]

When PATCHTOOL = "git", git apply doesn't support fuzzy application, so
if a patch requires that it's better to be able to apply it rather than
just failing.

Signed-off-by: Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com>
---
 meta/lib/oe/patch.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index b085c9d..788f465 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -219,7 +219,11 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
             return _applypatchhelper(shellcmd, patch, force, reverse, run)
         except CmdError:
             shellcmd = ["git", "--git-dir=.", "apply", "-p%s" % patch['strippath']]
-            return _applypatchhelper(shellcmd, patch, force, reverse, run)
+            try:
+                output = _applypatchhelper(shellcmd, patch, force, reverse, run)
+            except CmdError:
+                output = PatchTree._applypatch(self, patch, force, reverse, run)
+            return output
 
 
 class QuiltTree(PatchSet):
-- 
1.9.3