Generating Package Patch for Buildroot
Generating a Patch Using diff 1. Extract the Original Source Ensure you have a pristine copy of the original source for comparison. You can extract it from the tarball in the dl directory: tar -xf dl/<package>-<version>.tar.gz -C /tmp/ This will create a directory like /tmp/<package>-<version>/. Using buildroot’s mechanism Clean the build directory and apply current patches of buildroot make <pkg>-dirclean # Remove <pkg> build directory make <pkg>-extract # Extract <pkg> sources make <pkg>-patch # Apply patches to <pkg> (Optional) cp -r output/build/<package> /tmp/ 2. Generate the Patch Use the diff command to create a unified diff between the original and modified sources: ...