Documentation: remove 'linux' from dontdiff file
PATCH 1/1 Documentation: remove 'linux' from dontdiff file
The linux entry in the dontdiff file causes the include/linux directory to be skipped.
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Documentation/dontdiff +0 -1
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ kxgettext lkc_defs.h lex.c lex.*.c -linux logo_*.c logo_*_clut224.c logo_*_mono.c
Quoted 5 lines · H Hartley Sweeten
The linux entry in the dontdiff file causes the
include/linuxdirectory to be skipped.Signed-off-by H Hartley Sweeten <[email protected]>CC Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
NAK.
UserModeLinux generates the linux file.
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Thanks, //richard
Quoted 10 lines · richard -rw- Weinberger
Quoted 5 lines · H Hartley Sweeten
The linux entry in the dontdiff file causes the
include/linuxdirectory to be skipped.Signed-off-by H Hartley Sweeten <[email protected]>CC Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>NAK.
UserModeLinux generates the linux file.
Hmm.. So we are suppressing an entire branch of the directory tree (a fairly major one at that) for one file?
Oh well...
Regards,
Hartley
Quoted 3 lines · H Hartley Sweeten
Hmm.. So we are suppressing an entire branch of the directory tree (a fairly major one at that) for one file?
No, we need a better solution.
Your patch replaces a regression with another one...
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Thanks, //richard
Quoted 8 lines · richard -rw- weinberger
Quoted 3 lines · H Hartley Sweeten
Hmm.. So we are suppressing an entire branch of the directory tree (a fairly major one at that) for one file?
No, we need a better solution.
Your patch replaces a regression with another one...
Could somebody explain the purpose of this file to me? According to SubmittingPatches:
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To create a patch for multiple files, you should unpack a "vanilla", or unmodified kernel source tree, and generate a diff against your own source tree. For example:
MYSRC= /devel/linux-2.6 tar xvfz linux-2.6.12.tar.gz mv linux-2.6.12 linux-2.6.12-vanilla diff -uprN -X linux-2.6.12-vanilla/Documentation/dontdiff \ linux-2.6.12-vanilla $MYSRC > /tmp/patch
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"dontdiff" is a list of files which are generated by the kernel during the build process, and should be ignored in any diff(1)-generated patch. The "dontdiff" file is included in the kernel tree in 2.6.12 and later. For earlier kernel versions, you can get it from <http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/dontdiff>.
Allowing a vmlinux equivalent in there would produce "binary files differ", which is noise but not a regression. (The resulting patch wouldn't functionally differ when applied.)
If it's really bothersome, possibly that hunk should have instructions that you should compare against a _clean_ tree you've done "make distclean" on?
Rob
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GNU/Linux isn't: Linux=GPLv2, GNU=GPLv3+, they can't share code. Either it's "mere aggregation", or a license violation. Pick one.
Quoted 5 lines · H Hartley Sweeten
The linux entry in the dontdiff file causes the
include/linuxdirectory to be skipped.Signed-off-by H Hartley Sweeten <[email protected]>CC Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Rob
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GNU/Linux isn't: Linux=GPLv2, GNU=GPLv3+, they can't share code. Either it's "mere aggregation", or a license violation. Pick one.