[kernel] r14773 - dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian
Ben Hutchings
benh at alioth.debian.org
Sat Dec 12 00:53:59 UTC 2009
Author: benh
Date: Sat Dec 12 00:53:57 2009
New Revision: 14773
Log:
Move contents of debian/README into debian/README.source
Deleted:
dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/README
Modified:
dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/README.source
Modified: dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/README.source
==============================================================================
--- dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/README.source Fri Dec 11 15:16:51 2009 (r14772)
+++ dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/README.source Sat Dec 12 00:53:57 2009 (r14773)
@@ -39,10 +39,43 @@
The same syntax applies for specifing the patches, but an additional
argument is needed which specifies the featureset the patch applies to.
+Kernel config files
+===================
+Configuration files are constructed dynamically from a number of config
+files, as listed in debian/config/<arch>/defines.
+Control file
+============
+The master control file debian/control must be generated before
+the package is uploaded. debian/rules contains the debian/control
+target, which generates the control file by invoking the
+debian/bin/gencontrol.py script, which combines the templates from
+the templates directory and architecture-specific defines file to
+produce the debian/control file. Note that this target is intentionally
+made to fail with a non-zero exit code to make sure that it is never
+run during an automatic build. The following variables are substituted
+into the templates:
+
+ at version@ Upstream kernel version, for example 2.6.11.
+ at major@ The major version, for example 2.6
+ at arch@ The Debian arch name, such as powerpc or i386.
+ at flavour@ The build flavour, such as 686 or k7-smp.
+ at class@ The CPU/architecture class; displayed in synopsis. It should
+ be fairly short, as the synopsis is supposed to be <80 chars.
+ It should be in the form "foo class", and will show up in the
+ description as "foo class machines".
+ at longclass@ The CPU/architecture class; displayed in the extended
+ description. The same rules apply as in @class at . If
+ this is unset, it will default to @class at .
+ at desc@ (Potentially) multi-line verbiage that's appended to
+ -image descriptions.
+ at abiname@ Current abiname, a single digit.
+
+Normally, the arch-specific contents should be controlled by
+adjusting the corresponding defines file.
TODO:
- Generating DFSG tarballs
- How to define a flavour
-- Generation of debian/control and configs
+- More detail on generation of debian/control and configs
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