[OE-core] [PATCHv3 6/6] rpm: Fix linking error encountered in rpm-native

[Koen Kooi]

Op 3 mrt 2011, om 13:07 heeft Richard Purdie het volgende geschreven:

> Hi Khem,
> 
> On Wed, 2011-03-02 at 22:52 -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
>> * This patch passes the correct LDFLAGS to account for
>>  additional dependencies of librpmio on libbeecrypt and libsyck
>>  and hence fixes the build error.
> 
> This change is fine in itself but I'm going to be a little critical here
> since we're just getting going and I want to start as we mean to go on.
> 
> Could you add a description of the problem and why the fix is needed to
> the patch header please, also adding your name and a date.
> 
> The reason why is so in six months time, someone looking at this can
> work out a) why the patch is needed, b) Who wrote it so they have some
> idea where it came from and who to talk to if they have a question and
> c) How long the issue has been around for.
> 
> I appreciate some of this info can be got through the SCM but I've yet
> to see a good reason for not including it directly in the patch header.

I have customers that make tarball snapshots of OE without the .git, so please put a lot of info in patch headers.

regards,

Koen