From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TvI52-0001DF-OI for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:46:26 +0100 Received: from azsmga001.ch.intel.com ([10.2.17.19]) by azsmga101.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 Jan 2013 17:29:50 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,476,1355126400"; d="scan'208";a="244391182" Received: from linux.jf.intel.com (HELO linux.intel.com) ([10.23.219.25]) by azsmga001.ch.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 Jan 2013 17:29:49 -0800 Received: by linux.intel.com (Postfix, from userid 48) id D5DFF2C8001; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:29:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from 10.7.202.59 (SquirrelMail authenticated user kevin.strasser) by linux.intel.com with HTTP; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:29:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <40692.10.7.202.59.1358299786.squirrel@linux.intel.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:29:46 -0800 (PST) From: kevin.strasser@linux.intel.com To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el4.centos.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: archiver.bbclass: what is the purpose of create_diff_gz? X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:46:26 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi All, In it's current state, the source archiver creates a diff.gz file containing everything found in 'S'. I am wondering if this was really the intended behavior, as 'S' usually contains things like object and binary files. If anything, I would expect that this file should represent all changes made to the original sources. Thanks, Kevin