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Porting/patching.pod: update version number format

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Philip Newton 2001-04-25 19:05:58 +02:00 committed by Jarkko Hietaniemi
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@ -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).