I've been using "devtool modify/update-recipe" in order to generate patches in bbappends in my layer. However, I've run into a problem that seems like it should be easy, but it isn't.
I want to patch a local source file. As in, a file referenced in SRC_URI that isn't the source code but more like a configuration file or init script. Using the devtool method I get a copy of the file in my layer, but that seems like that would cause maintenance problems down the road when upstream changes the file as I won't automatically pick up the changes. This seems to be the intended behavior though, as this patch[1] says, "We don't want to create patches against the local source files but rather update them directly. Thus, 'oe-local-file' directory is ignored in patch generation when doing update-recipe..." This seems completely opposite of what I want. Why would I want a copy of the file if I changed one line, causing maintenance issues in the future? Am I understanding this right? Is there a workflow that allows for patching local source files? [1] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__patchwork.openembedded.org_patch_104075_&d=DwIBAg&c=zVFQZQ67ypsA9mYKSCqWmQHiVkCCaN-Gb60_N6TVnLk&r=IZ3mUDA8X9CZR4hNctKngDDYs_BhK3qVNLG-nWGbW2E&m=8pcye74JGQLQcBV99bh9bpRb7bX3WqHFUiIq157bDY4&s=XLqetQZfaf9jTNco2uT4jCN6FbQ1tHD9F_ZJQvBouJI&e=
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