[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* Remove outdated advice to try disabling ACPI and IRQ routing options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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