On Thursday 06 August 2015 19:52:28 Khem Raj wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Paul Eggleton > > <paul.eggle...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > On Thursday 06 August 2015 12:12:35 Alexander Kanavin wrote: > >> On 08/06/2015 12:06 PM, Amarnath Valluri wrote: > >> > Added new patch that fixes the memory leak that was introduced in > >> > mkdosfs-dir.patch. > >> > >> You should update the original patch then, not pile additional patches > >> on top. The least painful way is: > >> > >> 1) unpack the sources (manually from tarball, or using bitbake -c unpack) > >> 2) 'git init; git add *; git commit' to create an git repository from > >> the sources > >> 3) apply the patch that needs fixing, then do the fix > >> 4) make a git commit, then produce a patch using git format-patch, then > >> move the new patch back to the recipe directory and update the recipe > >> 5) build the recipe to make sure it still builds > >> 6) make a git commit with the recipe update, and submit it here :) > > > > On the contrary - the much less painful way (as of fido) is to use > > devtool: > > > > 1) Extract source and set the build system up to use it: > > devtool modify dosfstools -x ~/projects/dosfstools > > > > 2) Make whatever changes you want to in the git tree that has been set up > > in the specified path > > > > 3) Build the recipe (as you would normally) to make sure it still builds > > > > 4) Write the modified/added commits as patches back to the recipe: > > devtool update-recipe dosfstools > > > > 5) Make a git commit with the recipe update, and submit it here :) > > > > I'd really like people to start using devtool for this kind of thing. If > > it's not working for some reason please do let me know. > > This assumes either we use OE-Core or poky, I dont get it to work with > angstrom out of box > what am I missing
Well, whatever error / problem you are experiencing seems to be missing at least ;) Cheers, Paul -- Paul Eggleton Intel Open Source Technology Centre -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
