From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mons.uio.no (mons.uio.no [129.240.130.14]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53FC62019D42 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 15:10:09 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nommo.uio.no ([129.240.222.179]) by mons.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 16w7N2-0003xC-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:10:08 +0200 Received: from terjekv by nommo.uio.no with local (Exim 2.12 #1) id 16w7N2-0003MU-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:10:08 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild policy questions. References: <1018562103.2980.1.camel@silica.localmosci> <1018633472.10970.0.camel@silica.localmosci> X-URL: http://terje.kvernes.no/ Organization: do you Gentoo? From: Terje Kvernes Date: 12 Apr 2002 22:10:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1018633472.10970.0.camel@silica.localmosci> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 3f8f8880-5388-4a10-a60f-fca533d7bd2f X-Archives-Hash: 8ffd1f0911b4fbfdd835898df3ccc5ad "Tod M. Neidt" writes: > Hi Terje! hi Tod. :) > I should have explicitly discussed the distinction between upstream > and third-party patches and those that are specific to Gentoo Linux. > I assumed that we were talking about the former in my previous post. I didn't think much of the difference to be honest. but thanks for clearing it up. > Normally gentoo specific patches created by the ebuild author are > kept in the files directory. A suffix of "-gentoo" is typically > appended to indicate this. For example, > xgammon-0.98-gentoo-makefile.patch, or something to that effect. oki. I'll keep that in mind when writing patches. > Sorry for any confusion that this may have caused. stop being sorry for helping. ;) -- Terje