[Kernel-handbook-general] [PATCH 5/7] Update example orig tarball names to indicate xz compression

Ben Hutchings ben at decadent.org.uk
Sun Jun 17 05:03:14 UTC 2012


---
 chapter-common-tasks.sgml |    2 +-
 chapter-source.sgml       |    6 +++---
 debian/changelog          |    1 +
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter-common-tasks.sgml b/chapter-common-tasks.sgml
index b5192d1..f323384 100644
--- a/chapter-common-tasks.sgml
+++ b/chapter-common-tasks.sgml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ $ python debian/bin/genorig.py ~/src/linux
 	</p>
 	<p>
 	  Either of these will generate a file such as
-	  <tt>../orig/linux_3.5~rc1.orig.tar.gz</tt>.
+	  <tt>../orig/linux_3.5~rc1.orig.tar.xz</tt>.
 	  You can then combine this tarball with the Debian packaging
 	  by running:
 	  <example>
diff --git a/chapter-source.sgml b/chapter-source.sgml
index 1e1aba6..fc91ef9 100644
--- a/chapter-source.sgml
+++ b/chapter-source.sgml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       Guidelines (DFSG), parts of the kernel are removed in order to
       distribute the source in the <tt>main</tt> section of the Debian
       archive. Such removal produces
-      <tt>linux_<em>version</em>.orig.tar.gz</tt> tarball, which
+      <tt>linux_<em>version</em>.orig.tar.xz</tt> tarball, which
       serves as the original upstream source. <em>version</em>
       is the actual upstream version.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
       The source from which the Debian binary kernels are built is
       obtained by taking the source from
-      <tt>linux_<em>version</em>.orig.tar.gz</tt> (that
+      <tt>linux_<em>version</em>.orig.tar.xz</tt> (that
       is, pristine kernel source with problematic parts removed)
       and applying a set of Debian
       patches. These patches typically implement essential fixes for
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
       where <tt><em>version</em></tt> is the upstream version of the
       kernel (like 3.2.20) and <tt><em>revision</em></tt> determines
       the patchlevel. For example, the packages with version 3.2.20-1
-      are built from the <tt>linux_3.2.20.orig.tar.gz</tt> source,
+      are built from the <tt>linux_3.2.20.orig.tar.xz</tt> source,
       patched up to patchlevel 1. Certain packages include extra
       'featuresets' not included in the upstream source, such as
       <tt>rt</tt>.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 898cebb..0214e01 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ kernel-handbook (1.0.13) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Remove outdated advice to try disabling ACPI and IRQ routing options
   * Remove an unnecessary version qualification
   * Update explanation of source directories for quilted linux package
+  * Update example orig tarball names to indicate xz compression
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:26:30 +0000
 
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