From patchwork Wed Dec 2 22:13:26 2015 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Arnout Vandecappelle X-Patchwork-Id: 551810 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org (smtp2.osuosl.org [140.211.166.133]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834821402C4 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2015 09:20:26 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5309593662; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cigNZHVEs7uZ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D46935EB; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:41 +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 D0BFE1C0E0E for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B018ACC5 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:39 +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 lUXDml2eQgS3 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:38 +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 9DE288AC70 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 22:13:38 +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; Wed, 2 Dec 2015 23:13:30 +0100 From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" To: Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 23:13:26 +0100 Message-ID: <1449094406-29088-1-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 v2] 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 --- v2: talk about 'From header' rather than 'author' (Baruch) --- 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..0b4604e 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 existing From header and Signed-off-by tags are not +removed, but do update the rest of the patch comment when appropriate. + At the end, the patch should look like: ---------------