Signed-off-by: Nekun <neko...@firemail.cc>
---
Starting from EAPI6, this is a built-in Portage functionality, maybe it
was not included in Portage documentation earlier because it was
epatch.eclass functionality which is exclusive for gentoo repo, but
according with today's mandatory "eapply_user" it should be here.
man/portage.5 | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/portage.5 b/man/portage.5
index 247ec5ab0..083abd77e 100644
--- a/man/portage.5
+++ b/man/portage.5
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ site-specific overrides of
\fB/etc/portage/make.profile/\fR
.BR /etc/portage/sets/
user\-defined package sets
.TP
+.BR /etc/portage/patches/
+user-provided patches to packages
+.TP
.BR /var/db/repos/gentoo/
.nf
sets.conf
@@ -1375,6 +1378,24 @@ Also see \fB/var/lib/portage/world_sets\fR and
the \fBemerge\fR(1)
\fB\-\-list\-sets\fR option.
.RE
.TP
+.BR /etc/portage/patches/
+.RS
+In this directory patches to the package source tree can be created.
+For each package, patches are taken from these subdirectories in the
following order:
+.nr step 1 1
+.IP \n[step]. 3
+/etc/portage/patches/${CATEGORY}/${P}-${PR}[:${SLOT}]
+.IP \n+[step].
+/etc/portage/patches/${CATEGORY}/${P}[:${SLOT}]
+.IP \n+[step].
+/etc/portage/patches/${CATEGORY}/${PN}[:${SLOT}]
+.RE 2
+
+More-specific directories overrides less-specific, i.e. if more than
one directory for the same package coexist, only patches from directory
matches the first matching pattern will be applied. Patches for each
package are applied in the POSIX lexicographic order. Patch file name
must end in ".patch" or, for \fBEAPI\fR >= \fB6\fR, in ".diff".
+
+If package ebuild uses \fBEAPI\fR <= \fB5\fR, it must explicitly invoke
\fBepatch_user\fR or inherit \fBepatch.eclass\fR(5) and rely on default
\fBsrc_prepare\fR for apply patches. Otherwise, patches are silently
ignored. If package ebuild uses \fBEAPI\fR >= \fB6\fR, applying user
patches is mandatory.
+.RE
+.TP
.BR /var/db/repos/gentoo/
.RS
.TP
--
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