Difference between revisions of "FedoraARM Secondary Architecture/Patch procedure"

Revision as of 09:47, 12 July 2010

This is a draft only!
It is still under construction and content may change. Do not rely on this information.

Procedure for applying arch-specific patches:

Check out the Fedora package sources using fedora-cvs (from fedora-packager): fedora-cvs packagename
Change to the current distribution version: cd packagename/F-13
Bump the release number: rpmdev-bumpspec -c "Modified to build on ARM" *.spec
Apply changes to the specfile (and other as required)
Make a SRPM: make srpm
Link the SRPM on the wiki page.
Test the SRPM on ARM: koji --server https://arm.koji.fedoraproject.org/kojihub/ build --scratch *.src.rpm
Test the SRPM on the primary arches: koji build --scratch *.src.rpm
If the tests are unsuccessful, fix the problem and re-test (step 3).
Mark the test results on the wiki page.
Create a patch: cvs diff -uN >packagename-arm.patch
Create a bugzilla entry with the title: packagename: ARM arch support. Attach the patch.
Enter the bugzilla number on the wiki page.
Watch the bug and record the resolution on the wiki page if closed by the maintainer, or have an arch maintainer apply the patch if the maintainer is unresponsive.

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 # If the tests are unsuccessful, fix the problem and re-test (step 3).
 # Mark the test results on the [[:fedora:Architectures/ARM/Packages_needing_patching|wiki page]].
-# Create a patch: <code>cvs diff >''packagename''-arm.patch</code>
+# Create a patch: <code>cvs diff -uN >''packagename''-arm.patch</code>
 # Create a bugzilla entry with the title: <code>''packagename'': ARM arch support</code>. Attach the patch.
 # Enter the bugzilla number on the [[:fedora:Architectures/ARM/Packages_needing_patching|wiki page]].
 # Watch the bug and record the resolution on the [[:fedora:Architectures/ARM/Packages_needing_patching|wiki page]] if closed by the maintainer, or have an arch maintainer apply the patch if the maintainer is unresponsive.