[oe] Using patchfiles with bitbake

[Ardavon Falls]

I tried with both
*** ./files/unifdef.c.orig	2010-04-14 23:19:41.824235628 -0700
--- ./files/unifdef.c	2010-04-14 23:20:53.874235836 -0700
and
*** files/unifdef.c.orig	2010-04-14 23:19:41.824235628 -0700
--- files/unifdef.c	2010-04-14 23:20:53.874235836 -0700

neither worked :( it always failed with the same error.
What is the directory that it attempts to apply the patch from? is it 
${WORKDIR} or ${WORKDIR}../patches

Thanks

Ardy

On Thursday 15 April 2010 01:48:41 am Holger Hans Peter Freyther wrote:
> On Thursday 15 April 2010 09:18:52 Ardavon Falls wrote:
> > Every time I try and add my own patchfiles to a bitbake recipe it fails
> > with the following error...
> >
> > No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
> > 3 out of 3 hunks ignored
> > Patch unifdef-native_2.6.18.patch does not apply (enforce with -f)
> > ERROR: Printing the environment of the function
> > ERROR: Error in executing:
> > ERROR: Exception:<class 'CmdError'> Message:Command Error: exit status: 1
> > Output:
> > Applying patch unifdef-native_2.6.18.patch
> >
> > I'm creating the patch with the following command line
> >
> > diff -crB unifdef.c.orig unifdef.c > unifdef-native_2.6.18.patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> two things. The first one is you should consider using quilt as it makes
>  your life more easy and you would avoid running into this problem.
> 
> The other part is when you compare your patch with other patches in OE,
>  most of them start with "--- a/...", "+++ b/" and by default we invoke the
>  patch command with "-p1" from the source directory. With your patch this
>  does not work as you have no additional slashes that could be removed.
> 
> The way out is to either add this context (e.g. by using quilt) or to use
> ;pnum=0 behind your ;patch=1.
> 
> i hope this helps
> 	z
> 
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