From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.stusta.mhn.de (mail.stusta.mhn.de [141.84.69.5]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBF17F23C for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.stusta.mhn.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 46FNxZ1VPcz3P; Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:26:25 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=stusta.de; s=default; t=1566570386; bh=UtywZI4HpZJ70vuc5oJZXMbhcl4YMTNDGMhlhC66JLs=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=sQ15JGrM45rYAzNa8oNLvE5PWAg7ATqEGEQO6N7VZUTS437pPH+hh3n87pq9a2JFr EscCdwSg03kOXCiA6FD7dh+V1IuPrqlzZHfN+5RNDNULdux8GaIdgtQ6mqa5AgMO0e pHv4OtQ3tzLh0pTlztMCqQ4mD7e4DmgeNnEjQnQsk1z1QaqDS9U+QQbr0xNXpVXrb3 kdSA6lRxcqAqghwPuQF2HhwxYNK/VFBdBd4WvwvtsCQxuDuQmAlC7wCb3ERW0kDwY3 ZcHiZA6maBDJNuBIfXD7Pp4bor719Y0kfwBIYQsvX1o8iFi0uNv9jmGjI3l0nq7QcS emEK1H2H3ec+V8soj0uAju/IV3PaH1EINhMSCX4llGwjhr0sMkawsgb9zMYzSbrRJb futi6UppEaPm4nzyPHaiiqFpm0VoY7sWrJijySqZ8oN9K4HFr+DkNdnWbasPTBm1/3 FqnASlb+Q3q8H66TEMPKRAChs8x4p5Zq1Q3kmJe7rl29VIf4qZpac3stUYn+iqiN5d nXorOGbX2E+rDlk3kPuJvAtvpsdr9yD4rQs8Gw3vRTtJuCtEIyJgNpqU49KComwd55 ukYm30Qq7vqYiHGFDFHQaATR+ob2FBJIfidwiAnTAhNQhzWUdtdqGK+SmjgAzc+8o2 vzHJnSCKgOtCglZ+KPIvc4rY= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:26:23 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: Hongxu Jia Message-ID: <20190823142623.GA30097@localhost> References: <1566438018-16251-1-git-send-email-hongxu.jia@windriver.com> <1566438018-16251-3-git-send-email-hongxu.jia@windriver.com> <20190822170111.GA2069@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] elfutils: 0.176 -> 0.177 X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:26:26 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 09:28:11AM +0800, Hongxu Jia wrote: > On 8/23/19 1:01 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 09:40:18AM +0800, Hongxu Jia wrote: > > > - Update Debian patches > > > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/elfutils/elfutils_0.176-1.debian.tar.xz > > > > > > - Rebase Debian patches to 0.177 > > > debian/hppa_backend.diff > > > debian/mips_backend.diff > > > debian/arm_backend.diff > > > debian/mips_readelf_w.patch > > > debian/testsuite-ignore-elflint.diff > > > debian/mips_cfi.patch > > > ... > > > ...1-fix-compile-failure-with-debian-patches.patch | 48 ++++++++ > > > ... > > > .../elfutils/files/debian/hppa_backend.diff | 57 +++++---- > > > .../elfutils/files/debian/hurd_path.patch | 17 +-- > > > ... > > > .../elfutils/files/debian/kfreebsd_path.patch | 13 +- > > > ... > > > .../elfutils/files/debian/mips_cfi.patch | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++ > > > ... > > Why are we following Debian patches in a package with active upstream? > > I am afraid no, we need to rebase them (0.176) to 0.177 The part about rebasing existing patches is clear. But why are we for example adding mips_cfi.patch when this is not upstream? There might be a good reason for doing so, but "because it is a Debian patch" is not a good reason. And the existing hppa/hurd/kfreebsd patches from Debian are unlikely to make sense in OE. > //Hongxu cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed