From patchwork Thu Jun 4 08:45:02 2026 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Robert P. J. Day" X-Patchwork-Id: 89302 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 954C7CD6E57 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2026 08:45:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cpanel10.indieserve.net (cpanel10.indieserve.net [199.212.143.9]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc01-g2.6878.1780562702147015213 for ; Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:45:02 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.s=default header.b=Z+2yjszH; spf=pass (domain: crashcourse.ca, ip: 199.212.143.9, mailfrom: rpjday@crashcourse.ca) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=zPq/gD5QyYOG3mPm199cWvh4InykBR+UJj2/ShDuFXc=; b=Z+2yjszHPBNkfzBHdn4byq63Jg CK73JIkT6TjptR/e/vC5BjBDh1lYTJA8DGWry6CYBkO8Qk7KmWmJQSXG/Z8rElBOfqLa/TdYP5KLC Q0P3wTtXjTT0oR403J6Y7yuk1TW13UqFjbd9DlKO1xmZ1u4IHY0JsbJj+1O27UDjBkDh04FEkc1D8 QrQPRHR6phrw3N3xgekjJGz6NuKxoJGUFxRowQDZbn7MuzDFYAdNcy1oQBd0n5iW8kJRjQ/+Zh3Ao Sq/E76ntAqfZwQpkUcqr14BmN23+o0CB+zHJqcMqn0g/DFOch0noCGDT4KwJUgJjoB13RhC8wsupc Eig31Obw==; Received: from pool-174-115-41-146.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([174.115.41.146]:51900 helo=rday) by cpanel10.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.99.4) (envelope-from ) id 1wV3hC-0000000Alrx-3DMV for docs@lists.yoctoproject.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:45:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 04:45:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: YP docs mailing list Subject: [PATCH] overview-manual: mention that patch files can be compressed Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.yoctoproject.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:45:06 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/docs/message/9576 Ensure the reader understands that patch files can be compressed. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst index ec5babe4c..0c03c0a9b 100644 --- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst +++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst @@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ and the :term:`FILESPATH` variable to locate applicable patch files. Default processing for patch files assumes the files have either -``*.patch`` or ``*.diff`` file types. You can use :term:`SRC_URI` parameters +``*.patch`` or ``*.diff`` file types (or a compressed form of those +file types). You can use :term:`SRC_URI` parameters to change the way the build system recognizes patch files. See the :ref:`ref-tasks-patch` task for more information.