[Kernel-handbook-general] [PATCH 6/7] Correct the description of linux-support packages

[Ben Hutchings]

They used to be used by linux-modules-{extra,contrib,nonfree}-2.6
to build OOT modules, but those were dropped before squeeze.
---
 chapter-packaging.dbk | 5 +++--
 debian/changelog      | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chapter-packaging.dbk b/chapter-packaging.dbk
index b1060632f552..f28d50ab0ccf 100644
--- a/chapter-packaging.dbk
+++ b/chapter-packaging.dbk
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ It is installed in
 <term><package>linux-support-<replaceable>version</replaceable>-<replaceable>abiname</replaceable></package></term>
 <listitem>
 <para>
-This package contains the support files for building of out-of-tree modules for
-given version and abiname.
+This package contains metadata from the <package>linux</package>
+source package that is needed to prepare and build the other source
+packages.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 9fb8374d6745..fb652a0e6467 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ kernel-handbook (1.0.18) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Add linux-signed and linux-image-*-unsigned to "Debian kernel packages"
     chapter
   * Update a list of i386 flavours
+  * Correct the description of linux-support packages
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>  Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:10:04 +0000
 

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