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docs/manual: add _PATCH_DEPENDENCIES

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Reviewed-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@openwide.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Yann E. MORIN 10 years ago
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@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ information is (assuming the package name is +libfoo+) :
   a similar way, +HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for
   a similar way, +HOST_LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for
   the current host package.
   the current host package.
 
 
+* +LIBFOO_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies (in terms of
+  package name) that are required for the current package to be
+  patched. These dependencies are guaranteed to be extracted and
+  patched before the current package is patched. In a similar way,
+  +HOST_LIBFOO_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES+ lists the dependencies for the
+  current host package.
+  This is seldom used; usually, +LIBFOO_DEPENDENCIES+ is what you
+  really want to use.
+
 * +LIBFOO_PROVIDES+ lists all the virtual packages +libfoo+ is an
 * +LIBFOO_PROVIDES+ lists all the virtual packages +libfoo+ is an
   implementation of. See xref:virtual-package-tutorial[].
   implementation of. See xref:virtual-package-tutorial[].