[kernel] r19063 - dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian
Ben Hutchings
benh at alioth.debian.org
Sun Jun 3 15:30:54 UTC 2012
Author: benh
Date: Sun Jun 3 15:30:52 2012
New Revision: 19063
Log:
README.source: Update description of patch system to match current usage
Modified:
dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/README.source
dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/changelog
Modified: dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/README.source
==============================================================================
--- dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/README.source Sun Jun 3 15:22:33 2012 (r19062)
+++ dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/README.source Sun Jun 3 15:30:52 2012 (r19063)
@@ -27,16 +27,13 @@
Patches are stored below debian/patches, loosely sorted in bugfix/,
features/ and debian/. Patches are in the standard kernel patch
-format.
+format (unified diff to be applied with patch -p1) and generally have
+DEP-3 headers.
The order and the selection of patches which are applied during build
-time are specified in the series/ subdirectory. For each revision
-there may be up to one file named REVISION specifying the patches
-applied for the standard revision and one file named REVISION-extra
-for addon flavours. If, e.g. the patches are specified for 2.6.26-12,
-the patch order file is called debian/patches/series/12 for the
-standard kernel images and debian/patches/series/12-extra for the
-addon flavours.
+time are specified in the series/ subdirectory. The series file 'base'
+is used for all configurations and the series file 'base-extra' is
+additionally used for optional featuresets.
Let's look at the actual series file for 2.6.26-12:
@@ -46,11 +43,9 @@
+ bugfix/all/ata-pata_marvell-vs-ahci.patch
+ features/sparc/video-sunxvr500-intergraph.patch
-The patches to be applied are specified relative to debian/patches.
-"+" indicates that the patch should be added, "-" can be used to
-drop a patch in later patch series (e.g. if the patch turned out to
-be faulty). The series files may be arbitrarily documented with
-comments starting with "#".
+The patches to be applied are specified relative to debian/patches
+and must be preceded by a "+". The series files may be arbitrarily
+documented with comments starting with "#".
Let's now have a look at the series file for the addon kernel flavours
of 2.6.26-12:
Modified: dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/changelog Sun Jun 3 15:22:33 2012 (r19062)
+++ dists/sid/linux-2.6/debian/changelog Sun Jun 3 15:30:52 2012 (r19063)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
* [mipsel/loongson2f] linux-image: Recommend libc6-loongson2f
(Closes: #629410)
* Build-Depend on kmod or module-init-tools, not just the latter
+ * README.source: Update description of patch system to match current usage
-- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:31:53 +0100
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