[elbe-devel] [PATCH] docs: elbe-debianize: Remove remarks about debian/arch

Bastian Germann bage at linutronix.de
Tue Mar 14 12:01:43 CET 2023


The debian/arch file is claimed to be useless in the kernel package build
but there is actually one unnecessary use of it in the linux-libc-dev
package. Drop the comment about it for now.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230314004022.403937-2-bage@linutronix.de/
Signed-off-by: Bastian Germann <bage at linutronix.de>
---
 docs/elbe-debianize.txt | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/elbe-debianize.txt b/docs/elbe-debianize.txt
index 98507853f6..60f9a5fb99 100644
--- a/docs/elbe-debianize.txt
+++ b/docs/elbe-debianize.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ DPKG_FLAGS=-S on the deb-pkg call. Just be sure to configure the kernel so that
 a .config file is available, and to set the variables that are evaluated by the
 script. See this man page's EXAMPLES section.
 After the source package is built, there is one generated file that does not
-belong to an unbuilt debian directory: debian/files. You can usually drop
-debian/arch as well as it is only used while generating the debian directory.
+belong to an unbuilt debian directory: debian/files.
 
 Instead of specifying a specific defconfig the .config will end up being used.
 There is no compiler prefix embedded in debian/rules for cross compilation,
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ $ export DEBEMAIL="`git config user.name` <`git config user.email`>"
 $ export KDEB_CHANGELOG_DIST=unstable
 $ make ARCH=arm64 defconfig
 $ make ARCH=arm64 DPKG_FLAGS=-S KERNELRELEASE=6.2-elbe deb-pkg
-$ rm debian/arch debian/files
+$ rm debian/files
 $ git add -f debian
 $ git commit -sm 'add the deb-pkg generated debianization'
 $ CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc dpkg-buildpackage -b -aarm64
-- 
2.39.2



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