From 5bb08e79303123ce16be056708edc590c942f401 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:04:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README.source: Mention need to refresh patches when updating upstream source --- debian/README.source | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source index 0d604ce5c..39894e003 100644 --- a/debian/README.source +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -43,8 +43,16 @@ unifdef packages installed. This will produce ../orig/linux_.orig.tar.xz (e.g. linux_3.5~rc1.orig.tar.xz). + It involves applying several patches and file deletions for DFSG + compliance, as listed in debian/patches/series-orig. Occasionally + you will need to refresh these. + 3) Run: make -f debian/rules orig + This will apply the main quilt series to the upstream source, which + will usually fail due to conflicts with upstream changes. You need + to resolve those by dropping or refreshing patches. + Applying patches to the Debian kernel tree ==========================================