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diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source index 15c11bf..21a988f 100644 --- a/debian/README.source +++ b/debian/README.source @@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ Upstream -------- firmware-nonfree is based on the linux-firmware.git repository, which -does not currently make tarball (or tagged) releases. Also, some of -its contents are not clearly redistributable, and some are obsolete -for Debian's purposes. -git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git +now does make tarball (or tagged) releases in the form 'CCYYMMDD'. +Also, some of its contents are not clearly redistributable, and some are +obsolete for Debian's purposes. +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git -We set the upstream version to the date of the last commit and use -uscan to generate a tarball from upstream git. The Files-Excluded -field in 'debian/copyright' lists file patterns that should be -excluded from the tarball. +We set the upstream version to the last tag and use uscan to generate +a tarball from upstream git. The Files-Excluded field in 'debian/copyright' +lists file patterns that should be excluded from the tarball. We also pull module information from Linux binary packages. To update this information, run: @@ -94,11 +93,18 @@ definitions: 1. Install the current linux-support-<kernelversion> package 2. Ensure debian/rules.defs has the right value of KERNELVERSION 3. If the 'orig.tar' archive is not yet available, retrieve it as follows: - ``uscan --download-version <upstream-version>`` (<upstream-version> is f.e. ``20230210``) + + uscan --download-version <upstream-version> + + Where '<upstream-version>' is f.e. '20230210'. To retrieve <upstream-version> programmatically, use f.e. this: + $(head -n1 debian/changelog | sed 's/.*\([[:digit:]]\{8\}\).*/\1/') + Combined that results in: - ``uscan --download-version $(head -n1 debian/changelog | sed 's/.*\([[:digit:]]\{8\}\).*/\1/')`` + + uscan --download-version $(head -n1 debian/changelog | sed 's/.*\([[:digit:]]\{8\}\).*/\1/') + 4. Run: debian/rules orig 5. Run: debian/rules debian/control |