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author | 2015-12-02 23:13:26 +0100 | |
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committer | 2015-12-16 23:44:03 +0100 | |
commit | aafff45965b44344eb1207847bc40ca60c27083d (patch) | |
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manual: clarify policy when updating a package patch
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Cc: Renaud AUBIN <root@renaud.io>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt b/docs/manual/patch-policy.txt index 6e27e717ab..0b4604e5c3 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: --------------- |