On Wed, Oct 28 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:15 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 27 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>>
>> > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 08:42 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> Ah, that functionality was removed -- it was more trouble than
>> >> it is worth, and it has an easy work around; people can just pre-patch
>> >> the sources.
>> >
>> > Ah OK. A short mention of this would be nice, then. Just in case people
>> > used kernel-package in the past and wondered where that functionality
>> > went.
>>
>> It was in the NEWS file, which is usually set up to be shown on
>> upgrade.
>
> I didn't have kernel-package installed, but I had used it sometime back.
> I should have looked into that file, but I assumed the relevant info on
> how to use the package was in the manpages.
It is, isn't it? All the ways one may use make-kpkg are
documented there, and there is no mention of patches.
>
>> >>
>> >> I'll remove item 12 from the man page.
>>
>> > And the mention under the debian target in make-kpkg(1) too, please.
>>
>> There were a lot of features changed -- removed from the
>> package, and added to overlay directories and /etc/kernel hook
>> scripts. Choosing which to document is hard, and it depends on
>> whether you were using the the feature or not is what decides what you
>> want visible. Including them all confuses folks, and distracts from the
>> new/current functionality.
>
> I'm not suggesting you document each change in detail. The manpage
> should document how the package works. Since patching the kernel is
> pretty common when building it, it makes sense to explain how to use
> kernel-package with patched sources (which ends up just being "patch the
> source before using kernel-package").
Well, based on feedback, the patch-the-kernel bit was fairly
rarely used. Your mileage has definitely varied there.
manoj
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