[yocto] Problem with applying a patch using default -pnum

[Paul Eggleton]

On Thursday 07 March 2013 13:12:57 Hans Beckérus wrote:
> I have a patch file that needs to be applied to a source tree and the
> patch file is copied properly to the ${WORKDIR} directory.
> So far so good. But, the problem with this source tree is that it is
> not built from the traditional root folder of the repo.
> This means I need to change ${S} to point somewhere else. This also
> causes the patch system to fail!
> I did an override of do_patch() in my .bb and that seems to work, but
> I do not like to use overrides unless I really have to.
> So basically, is there some way to tell the built-in patch system to
> use a different -pnum value?

Yes there is - use the striplevel parameter e.g (from make_3.82.bb):

file://make-savannah-bug30612-handling_of_archives.patch;striplevel=0

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre