commit:     363177edeccf80013e266e2b6fcadeb24d67a7ac
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue Apr 23 08:50:45 2024 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue Apr 23 08:50:45 2024 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=363177ed

ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/eapply: Clarify eapply for dir

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org>

 ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/eapply/text.xml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/eapply/text.xml 
b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/eapply/text.xml
index a543272..74295ee 100644
--- a/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/eapply/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-writing/functions/src_prepare/eapply/text.xml
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ filename begins with a hyphen.
     patch level.
   </li>
   <li>
-    For a directory, <c>patch -p1</c> applies all patch files with names ending
+    For a directory, <c>eapply</c> applies all patch files with names ending
     in <c>.diff</c> or <c>.patch</c> in that directory, in POSIXbetical order
     of their names. Any other files in the directory are ignored.
-    Again, <c>-p<e>N</e></c> can be used to override the default patch level.
-    Note that <c>eapply</c> will not recurse into subdirectories.
+    Again, <c>-p<e>N</e></c> can be used to override the default <c>-p1</c>
+    patch level. Note that <c>eapply</c> will not recurse into subdirectories.
   </li>
 </ul>
 

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