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manual: patches are not applied for SITE_METHOD = local

We had several remarks on the mailing list of users that were surprised
that patches were not applied for packages whose SITE_METHOD is local.
So document this.

Note that for OVERRIDE_SRCDIR itself it is already documented:

  When Buildroot finds that for a given package, an
  <pkg>_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR has been defined, it will no longer attempt to
  download, extract and patch the package. Instead, it will directly use
  the source code available in in the specified directory.

Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
(cherry picked from commit 0611045c42373f0049a5f95bcbea91bbb22b0e27)
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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+ 4 - 1
docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt

@@ -315,7 +315,10 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
   ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this
   ** +local+ for a local source code directory. One should use this
      when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing
      when +LIBFOO_SITE+ specifies a local directory path containing
      the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
      the package source code. Buildroot copies the contents of the
-     source directory into the package's build directory.
+     source directory into the package's build directory. Note that
+     for +local+ packages, no patches are applied. If you need to
+     still patch the source code, use +LIBFOO_POST_RSYNC_HOOKS+, see
+     xref:hooks-rsync[].
 
 
 * +LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES+ can be set to +YES+ to create an archive
 * +LIBFOO_GIT_SUBMODULES+ can be set to +YES+ to create an archive
   with the git submodules in the repository.  This is only available
   with the git submodules in the repository.  This is only available

+ 1 - 0
docs/manual/adding-packages-hooks.txt

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ endef
 LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
 LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += LIBFOO_POST_PATCH_FIXUP
 ----------------------
 ----------------------
 
 
+[[hooks-rsync]]
 ==== Using the +POST_RSYNC+ hook
 ==== Using the +POST_RSYNC+ hook
 The +POST_RSYNC+ hook is run only for packages that use a local source,
 The +POST_RSYNC+ hook is run only for packages that use a local source,
 either through the +local+ site method or the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+
 either through the +local+ site method or the +OVERRIDE_SRCDIR+