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| author | Ben Hutchings <benh@debian.org> | 2009-12-12 01:03:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben Hutchings <benh@debian.org> | 2009-12-12 01:03:44 +0000 |
| commit | 99471ea878be52bd199ea131a8699c55dd2f6b6e (patch) | |
| tree | 5875f64c7dcbb2e7069963eb967bbe8067dbe29a /debian/README.source | |
| parent | f2029df804d606f1b76108ffa233e264669fd606 (diff) | |
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Document support for git repositories in genorig.py
svn path=/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/; revision=14775
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diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source index bdb7a20ff1a2..5f2d19e1bcba 100644 --- a/debian/README.source +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ Updating the upstream source ============================ -1) Start by downloading a kernel tarball from kernel.org - (ie, linux-2.6.25.tar.bz2) and, optionally, a patch - (i.e. patch-2.6.26-rc3.bz2). - -2) Run ./debian/bin/genorig.py <tarball> [patch]. This will produce - ../orig/linux-2.6_<version>.orig.tar.gz +1) You can use either: + a) a git repository of the kernel source + b) a kernel tarball from kernel.org (ie, linux-2.6.25.tar.bz2) + and, optionally, a patch (i.e. patch-2.6.26-rc3.bz2). + +2) Run ./debian/bin/genorig.py <repository> + or ./debian/bin/genorig.py <tarball> [patch] + This will produce ../orig/linux-2.6_<version>.orig.tar.gz (i.e. linux-2.6_2.6.26~rc3.orig.tar.gz). 3) Unpack linux-2.6-<version>.orig.tar.gz, cd into the new directory, |