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| author | Paul Mundt <paul.mundt@huawei.com> | 2013-02-08 19:00:05 +0900 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2013-02-08 08:29:51 -0800 |
| commit | 3b9069855af0c5ef3c064dd96ce0fbbada4fc620 (patch) | |
| tree | 64807dad41455473231dc51d565e39b7718198c2 | |
| parent | d0542283dc793f7b50b6a835da958884fe32eb26 (diff) | |
| download | ltsi-kernel-3b9069855af0c5ef3c064dd96ce0fbbada4fc620.tar.gz | |
README: Add notes about minimal version requirements.
A sensible version of patch is needed, but this fact is presently undocumented.
(Presumably based on the lofty assumption that distributions ship with reasonable
versions of commonly-used packages). We make a note of this to avoid further
head scratching on subsequent tree applications.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <paul.mundt@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -136,6 +136,21 @@ questions about the patch. The rules for patch headers are: give enough information for reviewing. +Minimal Requirements +==================== + +o patch 2.6.1.64 # patch --version + + +patch +----- + +The tree makes extensive use of git formatted patches, which are not +fully supported by older versions of patch. Older versions will silently +discard parts of the diff they don't understand (such as renames), leading +to inconsistent state with some patches only being partially applied. + + ---------------------- Many thanks for the SUSE kernel team for their kernel patch rules, upon |