diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
index 93ad692775..e6cf68670b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-tasks.xml
@@ -432,8 +432,16 @@
- After fetching and unpacking source files, the build system locates
- and applies patches to the source code.
+ After fetching and unpacking source files, the build system
+ uses the recipe's
+ SRC_URI
+ statements to locate and apply patch files to the source code.
+
+ The build system uses the
+ FILESPATH
+ variable to determine the default set of directories when
+ searching for patches.
+
Patch files, by default, are *.patch and
*.diff files created and kept in a
subdirectory of the directory holding the recipe file.
@@ -451,10 +459,9 @@
- The recipe for bluez5 uses the
- SRC_URI
- variable to point to the source and patch files needed to build
- the recipe.
+ In the bluez5 recipe, the
+ SRC_URI statements point to the source and
+ patch files needed to build the package.
In the case for the bluez5_5.48.bb
recipe, the SRC_URI statements are from an
@@ -471,7 +478,7 @@
patch file:
SRC_URI = " \
- git://path_to_repo/some_recipe \
+ git://path_to_repo/some_package \
file://file;apply=yes \
"
@@ -485,7 +492,7 @@
statement:
SRC_URI = " \
- git://path_to_repo/some_recipe \
+ git://path_to_repo/some_package \
file://path_to_lots_of_patch_files \
file://path_to_lots_of_patch_files/patch_file5;apply=no \
"