[oe] [RFC] remove unused svn-updates.dpatch files

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2010/3/1 Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Graham Gower <graham.gower at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2 March 2010 07:57, Frans Meulenbroeks <fransmeulenbroeks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2010/3/1 Denys Dmytriyenko <denis at denix.org>:
>>>> On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 08:10:31AM +1030, Graham Gower wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What should offend you more is stuff like this:
>>>>>
>>>>> [grg at rak gcc]$ pwd
>>>>> /home/grg/oe/openembedded/recipes/gcc
>>>>> [grg at rak gcc]$ find . -name svn-updates.dpatch -exec ls -l {} \;
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-4.4.2/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-4.4.1/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-4.3.1/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-4.3.3/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-4.3.4/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-svn/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 grg users 17668056 2009-11-15 12:59
>>>>> ./gcc-4.3.2/debian/svn-updates.dpatch
>>>>> [grg at rak gcc]$ grep svn-updates *
>>>>> [grg at rak gcc]$
>>>>
>>>> So, there is 125 MB wasted right there... Thanks for the heads up! :)
>>>
>>> Checked it and the 4.4.[12] and gcc-svn versions are gone.
>>> the gcc-4.3.[1-4] versions are still there but seem unused:
>>>
>>> frans at linux-suse:~/oe/openembedded/recipes/gcc> grep -r svn-updates.dpatch .
>>> frans at linux-suse:~/oe/openembedded/recipes/gcc>
>>>
>>> Howvever as gcc is quite core, I'd rather verify first that it is ok
>>> to remove them
>>> (or can someone with more gcc knowledge remove)
>>>
>>> Frans.
>>>
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>>
>> Perhaps there are other patches in the debian directories that are also unused?
>>
>
> yes I did clean few of later releases but not older ones. From cloning
> point it does not reduce anything
> because the files will be there in repo but I cleaned up later
> versions because for adding recipes for newer releases from here on
> copying patch directories will save us adding unused new files.
>
> Thanks
>
Are you in favor of cleaning up 4.3.* too?
Although it does not help from cloning point it does not clutter the
dir and distract people from the real patches.
FM