[Buildroot] [PATCH] manual: clarify policy when updating a package patch
Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)
arnout at mind.be
Tue Dec 1 20:41:55 UTC 2015
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be>
Cc: Renaud AUBIN <root at renaud.io>
---
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:
---------------
--
2.6.2
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