Bug#781292: unblock: binutils/2.25-6
On 04/13/2015 12:51 AM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Matthias Klose wrote:
>> * Configure with --enable-deterministic-archives. Closes: #774429.
>
> #774429 is wishlist, so not appropriate at this point for jessie.
>
>> --- binutils-2.25/debian/patches/series
>> +++ binutils-2.25/debian/patches/series
>> @@ -34,13 +34,3 @@
>> pr17742.diff
>> -pr17531-1.diff
>> -pr17531-2.diff
>> -pr17531-3.diff
>> -pr17531-4.diff
>> -pr17531-5.diff
>> -pr17531-6.diff
>> -# these need some real backports ...
>> -#pr17531-7.diff
>> -#pr17531-8.diff
>> -#pr17531-9.diff
>> -
>> +pr17531.diff
>
> Why couldn't the changes be applied incrementally to the existing
> patches rather than an entirely new 15k line patch?
because upstream backport patches were done by component for the 2.25 branch,
and don't have any equivalent to the single patches on the trunk. Feel free to
prove me wrong.
> Please resist the urge to count lines of the diff
no, you couldn't resist :-/ Please could you explain why it would make it
easier for you to have any additional patches done by myself, not verified, to
review on your own?
Matthias
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