docs/manual: clarify the <PKG>_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES guarantee

Unlike <PKG>_DEPENDENCIES, <PKG>_PATCH_DEPENDENCIES only guarantees extract and patch of listed dependencies, not build. Make this subtlety more explicit in the documentation. Cc: Thomas De Schampheleire <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <[email protected]> [[email protected]: slight fix] Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <[email protected]>
corellium · Feb 23, 2020 · d01e808 · d01e808
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@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@ not and can not work as people would expect it should:
 * +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.
+  patched (but not necessarily built) 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.