From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AC3F6138334 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC793E085B; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:40:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 970DBE085B for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:40:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67E75335C92 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E74462D6 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:40:52 +0000 (UTC) From: "Ulrich Müller" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Ulrich Müller" Message-ID: <1529692771.b50b1ad173ee9ea066231289a5b9f5ee644acfcc.ulm@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/ X-VCS-Committer: ulm X-VCS-Committer-Name: Ulrich Müller X-VCS-Revision: b50b1ad173ee9ea066231289a5b9f5ee644acfcc X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:40:52 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: a15d3631-09d8-49ad-bf01-f11d2b3e2f9f X-Archives-Hash: 3d1e5e5f3729f9a2d21e77e875ca41ce commit: b50b1ad173ee9ea066231289a5b9f5ee644acfcc Author: Mikle Kolyada gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri Jun 15 22:54:15 2018 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org> CommitDate: Fri Jun 22 18:39:31 2018 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=b50b1ad1 ebuild-writing/../patches: add warning about strip ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml index 506871f..fe9f471 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/misc-files/patches/text.xml @@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ here. Mirrored patches are often compressed with xz or Patches included in ${FILESDIR} should never be compressed. + +Starting from EAPI=6 a strip patch level was limited to the -p1. +Although it can be overridden with a eapply -p<strip_level> +command, it is higly recommended to adapt the patch itself to work +with the -p1 default. + +

If a package requires many patches, even if they are individually small, it is often best to create a patch tarball to avoid cluttering