Applying Patches - Revision history

Rboatright: d

2010-11-22T17:32:37Z

2010-11-22T17:32:17Z

2009-10-25T07:35:16Z

2009-10-07T03:35:58Z

Pushing the change back to gitorious.org

2009-10-07T03:34:21Z

Getting Authenticated with gitorious.org

2009-10-07T03:33:35Z

Alternate Windows Method

2009-10-07T03:32:58Z

Getting Authenticated with gitorious.org

2009-09-30T04:12:46Z

2009-09-29T05:36:22Z

remove the removal of ncurses as psmisc and hence dropbear depends on it

2009-08-25T21:34:29Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:32, 22 November 2010
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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:32, 22 November 2010
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	==Introduction==		==Introduction==

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 git remote add origin git@gitorious.org:webos-internals/modifications.git
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-*This will destroy your ability to actually pull down updates, so you'll need to modify the /opt/src/modificaiton/.git/config to contain:
+*This will destroy your ability to actually pull down updates, so you'll need to modify the /opt/src/modifications/.git/config to contain:
 <pre><nowiki>

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 git remote add origin git@gitorious.org:webos-internals/modifications.git
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 * Finally, push your changes up to gitorious.org

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 Now you should be able to follow the steps below and contribute your code to gitorious.org.
 '''Alternate Windows Method'''
 The only reasons you might want to pursue this method is if you want to generate a ssh key pair on a Windows box.

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 Before you can commit to gitorious you need to [http://gitorious.org/users/new create an account].
-Next you'll need to generate a public key and share that with gitorious.org, your public key is how gitorious.org authenticates you and checks if have the permissions required to do a commit to a given repository.
+Next, you'll need to create a public/private key pair, and the easiest way to do this is with openssh.  If you want to create a pair with windows, there are PuTTYgen/Pageant instructions below under "Alternate Windows Method", but the following may be easier.  After you generate a public key you'll share it with gitorious.org; your public key is how gitorious.org authenticates you and checks if have the permissions required to do a commit to a given repository.
 Getting your key on window
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 * After which you will need to run [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html Pageant] on your pc. Pageant holds your private key in memory for PuTTY to use.
 ===Creating a patch===

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		+	==Quilt Commands==
		+
		+	Other commands when using Quilt-Lite:
		+
		+	Please feel free to add/edit this section. I am not an expert, these are commands that I found by accident when i misspelled delete.
		+
		+	<pre><nowiki>
		+	quilt
		+	add
		+	applied (shows applied/installed patches)
		+	delete (removes a patch from quilt series ex: quilt delete name of patch)
		+	diff
		+	edit
		+	files
		+	fold
		+	fork
		+	graph
		+	grep
		+	header
		+	import (downloads patch from git ex: quilt import name of patch)
		+	mail
		+	new
		+	next
		+	patches
		+	pop
		+	previous
		+	push (installs patches from quilt series one at a time. quilt push -a installs all patches)
		+	refresh
		+	rename
		+	revert
		+	series (shows all downloaded patches.)
		+	setup
		+	snapshot
		+	top
		+	unapplied
		+	upgrade
		+
		+	</nowiki></pre>

	==Information for developing patches==		==Information for developing patches==

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 * ipkg-opt update
-* ipkg-opt remove quilt perl libdb gdbm util-linux-ng e2fslibs ncursesw ncurses
+* ipkg-opt remove quilt perl libdb gdbm util-linux-ng e2fslibs ncursesw
 * ipkg-opt install quilt-lite
 Alternatively, the setup script below will prompt to uninstall quilt, perl, etc ..., and install quilt-lite, if quilt is installed.
 ==Setup Procedure (Scripted)==

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 The manual for quilt is at http://linux.die.net/man/1/quilt
 ==Upgrading from quilt to quilt-lite==
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 Alternatively, the setup script below will prompt to uninstall quilt, perl, etc ..., and install quilt-lite, if quilt is installed.
 ==Setup Procedure (Scripted)==
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   sh quilt-bootstrap.sh
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 ==Setup Procedure (Manual Process)==
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 git clone git://gitorious.org/webos-internals/modifications.git
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 ==Importing and Applying Patches==
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-Before you accept an OTA update, you should remove any patches you have applied.  Luckily, using quilt makes this very easy.
+==Listing Applied Patches==
 * Remove all patches:
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 quilt pop -a
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 ==Reapplying all patches==
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 mount -o remount,ro /
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 ==Information for developing patches==