On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Tom Levy <tomlevy93@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The instructions for generating patches are given as shell commands > with variables as placeholders. They use the syntax "SRCTREE= linux", > which is wrong for the Bourne shell family (it runs the command > "linux" with the variable "SRCTREE" set to the empty string). > > Remove the spaces to avoid confusion. This breaks the pretty alignment > but helps new contributors who try to run the commands as written. The change looks fine. Note that new contributors should *never* follow this section anyway. In fact, I think *nobody* should follow this section... BR, Jani. > > Signed-off-by: Tom Levy <tomlevy93@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 6 +++--- > Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst | 6 +++--- > Documentation/translations/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches | 6 +++--- > Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches | 6 +++--- > 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > index be7d1829c3af..33098adc5381 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ not in any lower subdirectory. > > To create a patch for a single file, it is often sufficient to do:: > > - SRCTREE= linux > - MYFILE= drivers/net/mydriver.c > + SRCTREE=linux > + MYFILE=drivers/net/mydriver.c > > cd $SRCTREE > cp $MYFILE $MYFILE.orig > @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ To create a patch for multiple files, you should unpack a "vanilla", > or unmodified kernel source tree, and generate a ``diff`` against your > own source tree. For example:: > > - MYSRC= /devel/linux > + MYSRC=/devel/linux > > tar xvfz linux-3.19.tar.gz > mv linux-3.19 linux-3.19-vanilla > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst > index 2ab9c1401aa1..713fba075b9d 100644 > --- a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ sulla radice dei sorgenti del kernel, e non sulle sue sottocartelle. > > Per creare una patch per un singolo file, spesso è sufficiente fare:: > > - SRCTREE= linux > - MYFILE= drivers/net/mydriver.c > + SRCTREE=linux > + MYFILE=drivers/net/mydriver.c > > cd $SRCTREE > cp $MYFILE $MYFILE.orig > @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Per creare una patch per molteplici file, dovreste spacchettare i sorgenti > "vergini", o comunque non modificati, e fare un ``diff`` coi vostri. > Per esempio:: > > - MYSRC= /devel/linux > + MYSRC=/devel/linux > > tar xvfz linux-3.19.tar.gz > mv linux-3.19 linux-3.19-vanilla > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches > index 02139656463e..ad979c3c06a6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/translations/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches > @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ Linux カーネルに対する全ての変更は diff(1) コマンドによる > 1個のファイルについてのパッチを作成するためには、ほとんどの場合、 > 以下の作業を行えば十分です。 > > - SRCTREE= linux-2.6 > - MYFILE= drivers/net/mydriver.c > + SRCTREE=linux-2.6 > + MYFILE=drivers/net/mydriver.c > > cd $SRCTREE > cp $MYFILE $MYFILE.orig > @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Linux カーネルに対する全ての変更は diff(1) コマンドによる > なわち変更を加えてない Linux カーネルを展開し、自分の Linux カーネル > ソースとの差分を生成しないといけません。例えば、 > > - MYSRC= /devel/linux-2.6 > + MYSRC=/devel/linux-2.6 > > tar xvfz linux-2.6.12.tar.gz > mv linux-2.6.12 linux-2.6.12-vanilla > diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches > index e9098da8f1a4..04d9a1f89b58 100644 > --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/SubmittingPatches > @@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst 。 > 何子目录。 > 为一个单独的文件创建补丁,一般来说这样做就够了: > > - SRCTREE= linux-2.6 > - MYFILE= drivers/net/mydriver.c > + SRCTREE=linux-2.6 > + MYFILE=drivers/net/mydriver.c > > cd $SRCTREE > cp $MYFILE $MYFILE.orig > @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst 。 > 为多个文件创建补丁,你可以解开一个没有修改过的内核源代码树,然后和你自 > 己的代码树之间做 diff 。例如: > > - MYSRC= /devel/linux-2.6 > + MYSRC=/devel/linux-2.6 > > tar xvfz linux-2.6.12.tar.gz > mv linux-2.6.12 linux-2.6.12-vanilla -- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center