[OE-core] ✗ patchtest: failure for openssh: Make sshd-config a package

Leonardo Sandoval leonardo.sandoval.gonzalez at linux.intel.com
Mon Jan 23 17:56:26 UTC 2017



On 01/23/2017 10:39 AM, David Vincent wrote:
> On lundi 23 janvier 2017 10:08:04 CET Leonardo Sandoval wrote:
>> David, This is what I get from the command line
>>
>> oe-core$ git pw mbox 4904 | git apply --check
>> error: documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml: No such file or directory
>>
>> Meaning that you have a patch on your series that is targeted for the
>> documentation folder, which is not part of the oe-core project. The
>> latter need to be sent to:
>>
>> documentation:
>>       Git repository: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/yocto-docs/
>>       Mailing list: yocto at yoctoproject.org
>>
> OK, my bad, I patched directly against my poky clone. I didn't know that
> documentation was handled elsewhere. So, I will resubmit it removing the
> latest patch.
>
> But since these patches are related, is there a specific procedure to follow ?
> I didn't found anything in the contribution guidelines on the wiki...
I do not think so. Go ahead and send to the patches to the correct ML 
and perhaps include a cover letter indicating the patch relationship.

> Sorry for the inconvenience,
no problem.

By the way, there is enhancement (to be included during 2.3) that will 
target this type of problem: patch sent to the wrong ML; once 
implemented, the fail report will be more specific.

> David
>




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