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| author | Philip Newton <pne@cpan.org> | 2001-04-25 19:05:58 +0200 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2001-04-25 14:17:50 +0000 |
| commit | 535aafb8c966a42446eed7e80d261cc1e67dda3e (patch) | |
| tree | 8007aeb5e72c2e3893c95e05c7d4704f5782d836 /Porting | |
| parent | 167d2fcb219640a09fe03cfcf63694ea4d41b3cb (diff) | |
| download | perl-535aafb8c966a42446eed7e80d261cc1e67dda3e.tar.gz | |
Porting/patching.pod: update version number format
Message-ID: <3AE703F6.3234.1833C45@localhost>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@9836
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/patching.pod | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/patching.pod b/Porting/patching.pod index 7fd376b1a4..3849051d12 100644 --- a/Porting/patching.pod +++ b/Porting/patching.pod @@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ This should work for most patches: emacs MANIFEST (make changes) cd .. - diff -c perl5.008_42/MANIFEST.old perl5.008_42/MANIFEST > mypatch + diff -c perl5.7.42/MANIFEST.old perl5.7.42/MANIFEST > mypatch (testing the patch:) - mv perl5.008_42/MANIFEST perl5.008_42/MANIFEST.new - cp perl5.008_42/MANIFEST.old perl5.008_42/MANIFEST + mv perl5.7.42/MANIFEST perl5.7.42/MANIFEST.new + cp perl5.7.42/MANIFEST.old perl5.7.42/MANIFEST patch -p < mypatch (should succeed) - diff perl5.008_42/MANIFEST perl5.008_42/MANIFEST.new + diff perl5.7.42/MANIFEST perl5.7.42/MANIFEST.new (should produce no output) =head2 Submitting your patch @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ and post patch.uue with a note saying to unpack it using The subject line on your patch should read - [PATCH 5.xxx_xx AREA] Description + [PATCH 5.x.x AREA] Description where the x's are replaced by the appropriate version number. The description should be a very brief but accurate summary of the @@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ problem (don't forget this is an email header). Examples: - [PATCH 5.004_04 DOC] fix minor typos + [PATCH 5.6.4 DOC] fix minor typos - [PATCH 5.004_99 CORE] New warning for foo() when frobbing + [PATCH 5.7.9 CORE] New warning for foo() when frobbing - [PATCH 5.005_42 CONFIG] Added support for fribnatz 1.5 + [PATCH 5.7.16 CONFIG] Added support for fribnatz 1.5 The name of the file being patched makes for a poor subject line if no other descriptive text accompanies it. @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ Daniel Grisinger <dgris@dimensional.com> =head1 Author and Copyright Information -Copyright (c) 1998 Daniel Grisinger +Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Daniel Grisinger Adapted from a posting to perl5-porters by Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk). |