Documentation for the patch system

diff --git a/README b/README
index 3059603fab6534dedb51bee455bb0f885507ed42..488d45c2b37003f793b9b5e49a11415d24e11f8d 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ configuration to the build. These are:
  fixapos=yes       Like fixtrans, but deals with an even older issue relating
                    to 'unescaped apostrophes' in translation strings.
  maven=yes         Build with maven instead of ant
+ patch=x           Apply patch(es). 'x' names one (or more - comma-seperated)
+                   files within a directory below the metadata, with the same
+                   name as the metadata file but without the extension. Each of
+                   these patches is applied to the code in turn.
 
 Another example, using extra parameters:
 

diff --git a/fdroid.texi b/fdroid.texi
index cde4279cb0c3af2dd00333b4c6963ec7d5eb0f31..048e40ae1dc0789617ac5f41948890836b4dc255 100644 (file)
--- a/fdroid.texi
+++ b/fdroid.texi
@@ -429,6 +429,12 @@ Like fixtrans, but deals with an even older issue relating to
 @item maven=yes
 Build with maven instead of ant
 
+@item patch=x
+Apply patch(es). 'x' names one (or more - comma-seperated)
+files within a directory below the metadata, with the same
+name as the metadata file but without the extension. Each of
+these patches is applied to the code in turn.
+
 @end table
 
 Another example, using extra parameters: