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