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diff --git a/doc/coding-conventions.xml b/doc/coding-conventions.xml index 8105611f2bac..4348dc8bf720 100644 --- a/doc/coding-conventions.xml +++ b/doc/coding-conventions.xml @@ -659,4 +659,22 @@ src = fetchFromGitHub { </itemizedlist> </para> </section> + +<section xml:id="sec-patches"><title>Patches</title> + <para>Only patches that are unique to <literal>nixpkgs</literal> should be + included in <literal>nixpkgs</literal> source.</para> + <para>Patches available online should be retrieved using + <literal>fetchpatch</literal>.</para> + <para> +<programlisting> +patches = [ + (fetchpatch { + name = "fix-check-for-using-shared-freetype-lib.patch"; + url = "http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=patch;h=8f5d285"; + sha256 = "1f0k043rng7f0rfl9hhb89qzvvksqmkrikmm38p61yfx51l325xr"; + }) +]; +</programlisting> + </para> +</section> </chapter> |