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 <thomas.de_schampheleire@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: slight fix]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
(cherry picked from commit d01e808bfe)
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Baruch Siach 2020-02-21 07:34:42 +02:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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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.