* [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] manual: clarify policy when updating a package patch
@ 2015-12-02 22:13 Arnout Vandecappelle
2015-12-16 22:44 ` Thomas Petazzoni
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From: Arnout Vandecappelle @ 2015-12-02 22:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Renaud AUBIN <root@renaud.io>
---
v2: talk about 'From header' rather than 'author' (Baruch)
---
docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
index 6e27e71..0b4604e 100644
--- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ upstream SCM software to generate the patch set.
Otherwise, concatenate the header with the output of the
+diff -purN package-version.orig/ package-version/+ command.
+If you update an existing patch (e.g. when bumping the package version),
+make sure the existing From header and Signed-off-by tags are not
+removed, but do update the rest of the patch comment when appropriate.
+
At the end, the patch should look like:
---------------
--
2.6.2
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* [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] manual: clarify policy when updating a package patch
2015-12-02 22:13 [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] manual: clarify policy when updating a package patch Arnout Vandecappelle
@ 2015-12-16 22:44 ` Thomas Petazzoni
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From: Thomas Petazzoni @ 2015-12-16 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: buildroot
Dear Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind),
On Wed, 2 Dec 2015 23:13:26 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle
(Essensium/Mind) wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
> Cc: Renaud AUBIN <root@renaud.io>
> ---
> v2: talk about 'From header' rather than 'author' (Baruch)
> ---
> docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
Applied, thanks.
Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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