[OE-core] [PATCH 3/3] elfutils: 0.176 -> 0.177

[Adrian Bunk]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 09:28:11AM +0800, Hongxu Jia wrote:
> On 8/23/19 1:01 AM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 09:40:18AM +0800, Hongxu Jia wrote:
> > > - Update Debian patches
> > >    http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/elfutils/elfutils_0.176-1.debian.tar.xz
> > > 
> > > - Rebase Debian patches to 0.177
> > >    debian/hppa_backend.diff
> > >    debian/mips_backend.diff
> > >    debian/arm_backend.diff
> > >    debian/mips_readelf_w.patch
> > >    debian/testsuite-ignore-elflint.diff
> > >    debian/mips_cfi.patch
> > > ...
> > >   ...1-fix-compile-failure-with-debian-patches.patch |  48 ++++++++
> > > ...
> > >   .../elfutils/files/debian/hppa_backend.diff        |  57 +++++----
> > >   .../elfutils/files/debian/hurd_path.patch          |  17 +--
> > > ...
> > >   .../elfutils/files/debian/kfreebsd_path.patch      |  13 +-
> > > ...
> > >   .../elfutils/files/debian/mips_cfi.patch           | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > > ...
> > Why are we following Debian patches in a package with active upstream?
> 
> I am afraid no, we need to rebase them (0.176) to 0.177

The part about rebasing existing patches is clear.

But why are we for example adding mips_cfi.patch when this is not upstream?
There might be a good reason for doing so, but "because it is a Debian patch"
is not a good reason.

And the existing hppa/hurd/kfreebsd patches from Debian are unlikely to 
make sense in OE.

> //Hongxu

cu
Adrian

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