From patchwork Fri Feb 8 10:00:05 2013 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Paul Mundt X-Patchwork-Id: 2115191 Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-ltsi-dev@patchwork.kernel.org Delivered-To: patchwork-process-083081@patchwork1.kernel.org Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) by patchwork1.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BAF13FCA4 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:00:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61AEA4C6; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:00:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: ltsi-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Delivered-To: ltsi-dev@mail.linuxfoundation.org Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4A34C6 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:00:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from linux-sh.org (linux-sh.org [111.68.239.195]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8BD71F942 for ; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:00:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from linux-sh.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by linux-sh.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r18A06qA019538; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 19:00:06 +0900 Received: (from pmundt@localhost) by linux-sh.org (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id r18A055Z019532; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 19:00:05 +0900 X-Authentication-Warning: linux-sh.org: pmundt set sender to lethal@linux-sh.org using -f Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 19:00:05 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Message-ID: <20130208100004.GB11393@linux-sh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: ltsi-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: [LTSI-dev] [PATCH] README: Add notes about minimal version requirements. X-BeenThere: ltsi-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: "A list to discuss patches, development, and other things related to the LTSI project" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ltsi-dev-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org Errors-To: ltsi-dev-bounces@lists.linuxfoundation.org From: Paul Mundt 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 --- README | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 28973ea..00ea32b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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