From dde0fce6555f1a733abf22a3e9ad896c6594e30e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Cuffiani <paolo.cuffiani@chialab.it>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:59:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve patch command check for compatibility with
 busybox

---
 eol/patches/docker-php-source-patch | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eol/patches/docker-php-source-patch b/eol/patches/docker-php-source-patch
index ce3bb3a..77d2222 100755
--- a/eol/patches/docker-php-source-patch
+++ b/eol/patches/docker-php-source-patch
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ src=/usr/src/php.tar.xz
 work="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 installed=
-if ! command -v patch > /dev/null; then
+# busybox's patch (old Alpine releases) lacks -d and the long options used below
+if ! patch --version 2> /dev/null | grep -q GNU; then
 	if command -v apk > /dev/null; then
 		apk add --no-cache --virtual .patch-deps patch
 	else