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authorAntoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@cvs.openbsd.org>2017-09-03 09:42:04 +0000
committerAntoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@cvs.openbsd.org>2017-09-03 09:42:04 +0000
commit37e3017d62d351205658ebc358b363cbdba2698a (patch)
treef6c2e45adb5702dcefbb1c45e2a36a46da776415 /distrib/syspatch
parentd7cafda2e01f013679b25dae776d2b5c7e46cca9 (diff)
Previous fakeroot must be manually copied in case an errata does not apply
to the current architecture.
Diffstat (limited to 'distrib/syspatch')
-rw-r--r--distrib/syspatch/README8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distrib/syspatch/README b/distrib/syspatch/README
index d1e1b230c5b..06ab8813110 100644
--- a/distrib/syspatch/README
+++ b/distrib/syspatch/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$OpenBSD: README,v 1.1 2017/08/21 08:26:40 ajacoutot Exp $
+$OpenBSD: README,v 1.2 2017/09/03 09:42:03 ajacoutot Exp $
Notes about the syspatch(8) build process
=========================================
@@ -64,3 +64,9 @@ The patched release can now be built.
At last, a syspatch(8) can be created.
# FAKEROOT=/fakeroot make -f Makefile.001 syspatch
+
+Patches are incremental and must be built in order. In case an errata does not
+apply to the current architecture and to prevent a gap in the numbering, the
+"previous" fakeroot must be created manually by copying the previous one.
+e.g.
+ # cp -Rp /fakeroot/syspatch/61-010_perl /fakeroot/syspatch/61-011_sti