From patchwork Tue Dec 1 20:41:55 2015 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Arnout Vandecappelle X-Patchwork-Id: 551027 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E157E1402BE for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 07:42:50 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F1708893D; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YHQW7w6mC3Y2; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D588893E; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: buildroot@lists.busybox.net Delivered-To: buildroot@osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (smtp1.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5E5C1BFC18 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B14DC8893E for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9BA1MqKCKoIQ for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from exchange.essensium.com (220.77.144.195.ipv4.evonet.be [195.144.77.220]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC9188893D for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 20:42:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (10.3.7.11) by beleexch01.local.ess-mail.com (10.3.7.8) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.847.32; Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:42:16 +0100 From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" To: Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 21:41:55 +0100 Message-ID: <1449002515-27302-1-git-send-email-arnout@mind.be> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.6.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [10.3.7.11] X-ClientProxiedBy: beleexch01.local.ess-mail.com (10.3.7.8) To beleexch01.local.ess-mail.com (10.3.7.8) Cc: Renaud AUBIN Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] manual: clarify policy when updating a package patch X-BeenThere: buildroot@busybox.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Sender: "buildroot" Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Cc: Renaud AUBIN --- docs/manual/patch-policy.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 6e27e71..bb859bd 100644 --- a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt +++ b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt @@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ upstream SCM software to generate the patch set. Otherwise, concatenate the header with the output of the +diff -purN package-version.orig/ package-version/+ command. +If you update an existing patch (e.g. when bumping the package version), +make sure the original author and existing Signed-off-by tags are not +removed. + At the end, the patch should look like: ---------------